Can Alberta take half Canadas pension fund?

Published: Oct. 30, 2023, 8:10 a.m.

A report commissioned by Alberta\u2019s UCP government says if it left the Canada Pension Plan, the province is entitled to take over half the plan\u2019s hundreds of billions worth of assets with it.\n\nWhy have analysts ridiculed the estimate?\n\nWhy is the UCP spending millions on a push to leave the CPP?\n\nWhat could an Alberta exit mean for pensions across the country?\n\nCBC writer and producer Jason Markusoff explains.