Next Step on Alberta Pension Plan in Spring, but No Change Without Referendum: Kenney

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney arrives at the 2021 budget in Edmonton on Feb. 25, 2021. Kenney says his government will make a decision later this spring on whether to pursue pulling Alberta out of the Canada Pension Plan. Jason Franson / The Canadian Press

EDMONTON—Premier Jason Kenney says his government will make a decision this spring on whether to pursue pulling Alberta out of the Canada Pension Plan.

But Kenney says even if the United Conservative government proceeds, Albertans will have the final say through a referendum on whether to create an Alberta Pension Plan.