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Proposed CPP Expansion To Be Put Under The Microscope

– walletpop.ca

OTTAWA — The federal government’s bid to expand the Canada Pension Plan is being put under the microscope, including an examination of the impact it could have on sluggish economic numbers — or so the opposition hopes.

The Commons finance committee is scheduled to hold an emergency meeting Friday to talk about the tentative agreement the federal and provincial governments struck three months ago on changes to the CPP.

It remains unclear whether the committee will hear from any witnesses; it will be up to the Liberal majority to decide whether to even go ahead with hearings, much less call witnesses.

A spokeswoman for Finance Minister Bill Morneau said the minister’s office will follow the committee’s deliberations closely. Annie Donolo said the minister’s is trying to arrange a time to meet with the committee as soon as the House returns from its summer break later this month.

Finance Minister Bill Morneau appears at Commons committee for pre-budget consultations on Parliament Hill on Feb…

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