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Title   Pension Primer
Date   Summer 1999
No.   Report No. 107

A description and critique of Canada's complex retirement income system. The report covers federal and provincial income security programs for seniors, the Canada and Quebec Pension Plans, occupational pension plans, Registered Retirement Savings Plans and income tax provisions which encourage saving for retirement and reduce the tax burden on the elderly. The study is geared to the lay reader with no specialised knowledge of the pension system.

Press Release: Governments Should Use International Year of Older Persons as Opportunity to Fight Poverty Among Seniors

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