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Timing CPP and OAS with workplace pensions
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Q: My husband is retired military and will turn 60 this year. He’s been told by his military buddies that he should apply soon for his CPP as then he can receive it and the bridge for the next five years. I thought he should be delaying on taking his CPP but perhaps it’s the OAS he should delay? Or neither?
—Evelyn
A: Some financial decisions can be tougher to make than others. You need to navigate advice from friends, professionals, and the media, as well as your own fears and biases. I often have people ask me very broad financial questions and my answer tends to be: “it depends.” I feel you should educate yourself and then evaluate the pros and cons, making the decision in large part based on what’s best for you. Sometimes, this differs from the advice of friends, professionals and the media. And that’s ok.
Your husband’s military buddies, Evelyn, may have made the best decision for themselves and are certainly entitled to share their opinions. These opinions help you form your own…
Canadian professors still face a gender pay gap
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People participate in a Women’s March in Toronto in January 2018. (THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young)
Megan Frederickson, Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
My sister and I are both professors. A few years ago, in the wake of the global financial crisis, she faced the possibility of a six per cent pay cut. She joked to me over the phone one night, “What am I going to do — have six per cent fewer thoughts?”
So naturally, when I learned that the University of Toronto pays female professors 14 per cent less than male professors, I wondered whether my employer thinks I have 14 per cent fewer thoughts.
I was researching the gender pay gap in order to lead an informal discussion in my department. We have a group that meets to crunch numbers on why there are so few female science professors. I ended up doing a deep dive into the publicly available data on professor salaries.
Megan Frederickson, Associate Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Toronto
My sister and I are both professors. A few years ago, in the wake of the global financial crisis, she faced the possibility of a six per cent pay cut. She joked to me over the phone one night, “What am I going to do — have six per cent fewer thoughts?”
So naturally, when I learned that the University of Toronto pays female professors 14 per cent less than male professors, I wondered whether my employer thinks I have 14 per cent fewer thoughts.
I was researching the gender pay gap in order to lead an informal discussion in my department. We have a group that meets to crunch numbers on why there are so few female science professors. I ended up doing a deep dive into the publicly available data on professor salaries.
Gender pay gap at Canadian universities, measured as the difference in median salary between male and female professors…
