Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner has responded in the ‘affirmative’ to Ontario’s request for a meeting to discuss plans to pull out of the Canada Pension Plan.With a pretty big kicker.He wants it in Calgary, not Ottawa..Horner was responding to an open letter to federal Finance Minister and Deptuty PM Christian Freeland from Ontario Finance boss Peter Bethlenfalvy request a tete-a-tete to discuss Alberta’s plans to leave the CPP.While Horner says he’s more than willing to have a “good faith” discussion of the issues surrounding the CPP, he told Deputy PM Christian Freeland in an open letter of his own that the Alberta government also wants them tied to discussions on equalization, fiscal stability and the 170 megatonne elephant in the room — the feds’ consumer carbon tax..“In light of Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy’s recent letter to you, I would invite you and your colleagues to hold the federal, provincial and territorial finance minister’s meeting in Calgary”Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner.“I recommend that Alberta's potential establishment of an Alberta Pension Plan be on the agenda, and we welcome all good-faith, rigorous analysis of the CPP Act withdrawal formula in advance of that meeting.“Canada benefits when its finance ministers convene regularly to discuss issues of mutual concern, and I encourage you to bring the discussion of a potential Alberta Pension Plan, along with the other issues identified above, to this table in a timely way.”
Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner has responded in the ‘affirmative’ to Ontario’s request for a meeting to discuss plans to pull out of the Canada Pension Plan.With a pretty big kicker.He wants it in Calgary, not Ottawa..Horner was responding to an open letter to federal Finance Minister and Deptuty PM Christian Freeland from Ontario Finance boss Peter Bethlenfalvy request a tete-a-tete to discuss Alberta’s plans to leave the CPP.While Horner says he’s more than willing to have a “good faith” discussion of the issues surrounding the CPP, he told Deputy PM Christian Freeland in an open letter of his own that the Alberta government also wants them tied to discussions on equalization, fiscal stability and the 170 megatonne elephant in the room — the feds’ consumer carbon tax..“In light of Ontario Finance Minister Peter Bethlenfalvy’s recent letter to you, I would invite you and your colleagues to hold the federal, provincial and territorial finance minister’s meeting in Calgary”Alberta Finance Minister Nate Horner.“I recommend that Alberta's potential establishment of an Alberta Pension Plan be on the agenda, and we welcome all good-faith, rigorous analysis of the CPP Act withdrawal formula in advance of that meeting.“Canada benefits when its finance ministers convene regularly to discuss issues of mutual concern, and I encourage you to bring the discussion of a potential Alberta Pension Plan, along with the other issues identified above, to this table in a timely way.”
