Poilievre Encourages Alberta to Stay in the Canada Pension Plan

The conservative leader criticized the prime minister for creating a ‘division’ on the federal retirement saving program.
Poilievre Encourages Alberta to Stay in the Canada Pension Plan
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre speaks to reporters in the foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Sept. 19, 2023. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
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Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is encouraging Albertans to stay in the Canada Pension Plan (CPP)—but not without criticizing the prime minister for “attacking” the province with policies that strengthened its will to split from the federal retirement savings program.

“The division today on the CPP is entirely the result of Justin Trudeau attacking the Alberta economy,” said Mr. Poilievre in a statement to media outlets on Oct. 20. “His unconstitutional anti-development laws and painful carbon taxes have forced Albertans to look for ways to get some of their money back.”