Ontario Bar Association Annual Pensions and Benefits Hot Spots. Jason Paquette is the co-chair of the session. Terra Klinck will be speaking on the topic of Annuity Discharge Rules
October 15, 2018
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Sidebar: Ontario Pension Benefits Act Amended to Provide a Discharge for Buy-out Annuity Purchases Effective July 1, 2018
June 20, 2018
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Pensions 101 for Employment Lawyers - Waterloo Region Law Association
June 15, 2018
Supplementary Pension Plans
CBA/ABA/IPEBLA Global Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Conference (June 10-12, 2018)
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Marijuana in the Workplace
CBA/ABA/IPEBLA Global Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Conference (June 10-12, 2018)
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Sidebar: Reduced Solvency Funding and PfADs Change the Ontario DB Funding Landscape
April 24, 2018
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Family Matters – Challenges for Today’s Plan Administrator - Canadian Pension & Benefits Institute Ontario Pension Signature Series
April 19, 2018
Sidebar: Pension and Benefit Highlights of the 2018 Ontario Budget
March 29, 2018
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Globalization of Annuity Markets - The Canadian and US Markets
The 16th Annual Bulk Annuities Conference (April 25-26, 2018)
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Alberta Court Holds Provincial Pension Plan Administrator Liable for Negligent Misrepresentation
Canadian Bar Association Newsletter (February 22, 2018)
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Sidebar: Missing Members, Present Obligations
January 15, 2018
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Cross Border Pension Governance Audits
American Bar Association-Canadian Bar Association Joint Committee on Employee Benefits Webinar (December 14, 2017)
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Pension Plan Governance: Cybersecurity Governance and Member Communications, Ontario Bar Association
November 28, 2017
Plan Governance: Cybersecurity Governance and Member Communication
Ontario Bar Association, Panelist (November 28, 2017)
A Pensioners' Bill of Rights? Examining the role of plan members in pension governance
Lancaster House, Toronto Pensions Conference, Panelist (November 28, 2017)
Sidebar: Welcome Amendments to the Ontario Pension Benefits Act Contained in Stronger, Fairer Ontario Act (Budget Measures), 2017
November 21, 2017
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Advancing Retirement Readiness for Canadians
Panel at the Franklin Templeton Investments 2017 Retirement Innovation Summit (November 8, 2017)
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Legal Aspects of Benefit Plan Design and Administration
Desjardins Insurance Continuing Education Day (November 1, 2017)
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Sidebar: AMPed up Pension Enforcement Coming to Ontario
October 5, 2017
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“Hot Topics, Current Trends and Big Ideas”
panel at the CBA National Insolvency Conference (September 14-15, 2017)
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“Women in the Workplace”
Queens Female Leadership in Politics Conference, Kingston, ON (January 14, 2017)
“Benefit Plans: Current Legal Issues Facing Canadian Employers”
Desjardins General Insurance Group Conference (November 2, 2016)
“Résumé jurisprudential: General Motors of Canada Limited v. Ontario (Superintendent Financial Services), 2015 ONFST 39"
Canadian Bar Association E-News, Co-author (August 17, 2016)
“Considerations when Purchasing Annuities”
The Savvy Pension Lawyer: Show Me the Money! Issues and Practical Considerations in Pension Finance – Ontario Bar Association, Co- presenter (May 2016)
“Common Pension Plan Compliance Issues”
Ontario Bar Association’s Institute, Govern Yourself Accordingly: The Latest Developments in Pension Plan Governance (February 2, 2016)
“Ontario Retirement Pension Plan Update & Next Steps for Ontario Employers”
PIAC Communiqué, Volume 25, Number 2 (Spring 2016)
“ESG: Coming Soon to a SIP&P Near You”
CPBI Ontario Regional Conference (October 28, 2015)
“Pension Loss during the Notice Period – The statutory and common law frameworks for pursuing pension loss”
County of Carleton Law Association Six Minute Employment Lawyer, Ottawa (October 1, 2015)
“Discrimination Issues & Benefits”
15th International IPEBLA Conference, Brussels (May 17-20, 2015)
“Tribunal upholds decision to refuse registration of pension plan amendment”
Canadian Bar Association E-News, Co-authored with Terra L. Klinck (March 2015)
“E-Pensions 101: Advising Plan Administrators on Member Communication”
Ontario Bar Association’s Institute 2015, Advance Strategic Planning: Providing Pension & Benefits Advice in 2015 (February 5, 2015)
“Skin in the Game (How to Design an Incentive Compensation Program and Avoid a Lawsuit)”
Benefits Canada 48 (December 2014)
“NCR Canada Ltd. v. International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, Local 213”
Canadian Bar Association E-News, Co-author (November 2014)
“The Post-Indalex Era – What the Insolvency Practitioner Needs to Know”
Canadian Bar Association 10th Annual Pan-Canadian Insolvency and Restructuring Law Conference, Quebec (October 23-24, 2014)
12th Taxation of Executive Compensation and Retirement Course
Co-Chair, Federated Press (September 16, 2014)
“The Future of Workplace Pensions”
Benefits Canada Newsletter, Co-author (August 6, 2014)
Benefits Without Borders, Global Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Conference
Global Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Conference, Chicago, Co-Chair (June 24, 2014)
“Focus on Canada’s Retirement Income System”
Canadian Bar Association/American Bar Association – Benefits Without Borders – Global Pension and Employee Benefits Lawyers Conference (June 24, 2014)
“Pension Law in Canada: Where Has It Been, And Where Is It Headed?”
Centre for Law in the Contemporary Workplace, Toronto (May 23, 2014)
“A Roadmap from DB to DC Pension Benefits: How to Avoid the Legal Road Bumps”
CPBI National Webinar Series (December 5, 2013)
“Ontario Court Finds GM Benefits Plan Language Did Not Allow Reduction of Benefits After Non-Executives’ Retirement”
American Bar Association International Labor and Employment Law Committee Newsletter (August 2013)
“Diary of a Pension & Benefits Practitioner”
CPBI Ottawa Chapter Spring Seminar, Ottawa (April 16, 2013)
“Pensions without Borders”
OBA Institute 2013 Pension & Benefits Law Program, Co-Chair (February 7, 2013)
“Public Pensions”
Canadian Encyclopedic Digest (2012-2015)
“Defined Contribution Plan Issues – Lessons from the U.S. Experience”
2011 CPBI Ontario Regional Conference, Ottawa (October 19-21, 2011)
“Key issues involving health spending accounts, eligibility restrictions, insurance carrier changes, adjustable drug formularies and arbitration of benefit claims”
Lancaster House Audio Conference: Insured Benefits (May 19, 2011 )
“The Family Law Amendment Act and Plan Administration Challenges”
OBA Institute 2011 – Pensions and Benefits: Navigating Through a Sea of Change, Toronto (February 3, 2011)
“Liability and the Fiduciary”
17th Essential Skills for Pension Committee Members, Federated Press (November 2010)
