CAPSA issues updated Administrative Procedures for the 2020 Multi-Jurisdictional Pension Plans Agreement
January 16, 2026
The Canadian Association of Pension Supervisory Authorities (“CAPSA”) has published administrative procedures for the 2020 Agreement Respecting Multi-Jurisdictional Pension Plans (the “Agreement”), which are effective January 1, 2026.
These administrative procedures have been developed by CAPSA to facilitate the implementation of the Agreement. The administrative procedures outline how specific provisions of the Agreement should be applied, including the following:
- Decision-making and appeals: Clarifies processes for decisions made by pension supervisory authorities and outlines recourse mechanisms available with respect to those decisions.
- Dispute resolution: Establishes steps for resolving disagreements between pension supervisory authorities with respect to the interpretation of the Agreement.
- Cooperation, communication, and periodic reporting: Provides guidance on language use, periodic reporting, and notifications to plan administrators when a minor authority exercises a power.
- Pending matters during authority changes: Addresses issues of continuity when a pension plan’s major authority changes, and provides examples of “pending matters” that might emerge as a result of the change.
Under the Agreement, the major authority generally exercises the functions and powers necessary to apply and enforce the Agreement and makes most initial decisions related to multi-jurisdictional pension plans. Exceptions exist where major and minor authorities agree that the minor authority will make certain decisions, particularly those tied to its own jurisdiction’s legislation.
Similar administrative procedures were last issued in May 2011 under the 2011 Agreement Respecting Multi-Jurisdictional Pension Plans.
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