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The 2017 recipient of the OBA Award of Excellence in Pensions and Benefits Law provides some words of wisdom gleaned from her years of experience. This is an excerpt of the speech Elizabeth Brown gave at the award dinner on June 14, 2017.

New FAQs on the temporary solvency funding relief measures, a new interim relief measure, final regulations setting out when the Superintendent may require a valuation report, a new funding framework for Target Benefit MEPPs, and draft regulations regarding mergers of SEPPs with JSPPs.

A new funding framework for defined benefit plans, the final report from the Expert Committee to Consider Financial Advisory and Financial Planning Policy Alternatives, the new Bill 148, Fair Workplaces, Better Jobs Act, 2017, and the passing of Ontario's 2017 Budget bill.

The 2017 Ontario budget, proposed regulations regarding the Superintendent's power to levy Administrative Monetary Penalties, FSCO's 2016 DB Funding Report, new PRPP forms, and CRA's Registered Plans Directorate's 2016 Practitioner's Forum Summary Report

An updated FSCO policy on J&S pensions, a revised Actuarial Information Summary, an RCA is held to be subject to garnishment, and CPP amendments are proclaimed into force.

A discussion of the changes to the Canada Pension Plan and the Government's decision to grant a tax deduction for employee contributions to the enhanced portion rather than a tax credit

News on the portability amendments to the PBA, policy updates from FSCO, annual pension assessments, and more...

The Ontario government has proposed amendments to the Pension Benefits Act and its regulations that would again allow for retired and retirement-eligible plan members to transfer the commuted value of their pension benefits into another retirement vehicle. Plan members and sponsors should be aware of these proposed amendments, and their effect.

Savvy pension and benefits lawyers must be able to identify some of the legal issues and/or obligations arising outside the pension and benefits context that may have an impact on the plan administrator. One area of law which intersects with the practice of pension and benefits law, and which provides plan administrators and their legal advisors with a unique opportunity take enterprising action is privacy law.

On Tuesday, February 7, 2017, the OBA Pension & Benefits Section hosted "The Evolving Nature of Pensions and Benefits Law" as part of the 2017 OBA Institute. Find out what you missed!