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Aiming to Understand Target Benefit Plans

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

23 Sep 201417 Jan 2015

By: Kathy Bergstrom Target benefit plans (TBPs) remain a hot topic in the discussion around pension reform in Canada. They’ve been around for many years in the form of multi-employer pension plans, but now the federal government and many provinces are considering […]

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Award for a Lifetime of Service—the Envelope Please . . .

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

09 Sep 201417 Jan 2015

By: Kathy Bergstrom Joan Tanaka marked her 47th year working in benefits at the International Foundation’s 47th Annual Canadian Employee Benefits Conference in Calgary last month, receiving the honour of the 2014 Canadian Lifetime Volunteer Award. The significance wasn’t lost on Tanaka. […]

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Filling Skill Gaps With Aboriginal Apprenticeship Program

Kathy Bergstrom, CEBS

10 Jul 201417 Jan 2015

By: Kathy Bergstrom As Ontario struggles with a skilled trades gap, aboriginal Canadians are fighting a daunting challenge as well—Half of the aboriginal population is under the age of 25 and unemployment is nearly twice that of nonaboriginal population. Harold McBride, Executive […]