{"id":356418,"date":"2025-12-19T22:52:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/356418\/"},"modified":"2025-12-19T22:52:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T22:52:16","slug":"alberta-next-panel-urges-referendum-to-quit-canada-pension-plan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/356418\/","title":{"rendered":"Alberta Next panel urges referendum to quit Canada Pension Plan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n\t\t\t\tBy Staff<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe Canadian Press\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tPosted December 19, 2025 5:21 pm\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t1 min read\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tDescrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\tIncrease article font size<\/p>\n<p>An Alberta panel re-examining the province\u2019s relationship with Ottawa says it\u2019s time to ditch the RCMP and hold a referendum on quitting the Canada Pension Plan.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765485674_689_70c8fc80.png\" alt=\"\" style=\"position:absolute;width:1px;height:1px\" referrerpolicy=\"no-referrer-when-downgrade\"\/><\/p>\n<p>But <a href=\"https:\/\/open.alberta.ca\/dataset\/29190310-bf26-401a-b818-f35fbf7794d8\/resource\/2e6232ef-9116-4392-a1c6-05d6afd90367\/download\/alberta-next-final-panel-report-2025-12.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener nofollow\">the report released Friday afternoon<\/a> from the <a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/tag\/alberta-next-panel\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alberta Next panel<\/a> says any referendum on leaving the CPP should be held after residents receive more information on the pros and cons.<\/p>\n<p>The panel also says such a vote should only be held if an Alberta pension plan matches or betters payouts and premiums of the federal system.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"170\" height=\"225\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1765813388_386_national.jpg\" alt=\"Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tGet daily National news<\/p>\n<p>Get the day&#8217;s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s one of a number of recommendations put forward by the panel, after months of online feedback and public town hall meetings led by Premier Danielle Smith.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-video__image\" alt=\"Click to play video: 'Moderator on Smith\u2019s Alberta Next panel sorry for saying teen should be spanked'\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/SMITH.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   data-\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t2:11<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tModerator on Smith\u2019s Alberta Next panel sorry for saying teen should be spanked\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tPrevious Video<\/p>\n<p>\t\tNext Video<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\tTrending Now\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11583334\/karoline-leavitt-behind-the-scenes-vanity-fair-photos\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766184736_956_karoline-leavitt-behind-the-scenes.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tKaroline Leavitt shares \u2018behind the scenes\u2019 photos amid Vanity Fair shoot scrutiny\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/globalnews.ca\/news\/11584834\/toronto-man-arrested-isis-terrorism\/\" class=\"c-posts__inner\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"c-posts__thumbnail\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/1766184736_820_oie_sbv3Ef1MGUNT-2.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"336\" height=\"224\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tThree Toronto men arrested for hate-motivated attacks, ISIS-related terrorism\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Story continues below advertisement<\/p>\n<p>The panel also recommends continuing its work to create an Alberta police force to replace the RCMP.<\/p>\n<p>It further calls for referendums on more provincial control over immigration and on specific constitutional questions, such as abolishing the Senate.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 More to come\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\tMore on Politics<br \/>\n\t\t\tMore videos\n\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t&amp;copy 2025 The Canadian Press\t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"By Staff The Canadian Press Posted December 19, 2025 5:21 pm 1 min read Descrease 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