CAAT Pension Plan

Workers need pensions! It’s important to understand the types of pensions for organizing, bargaining, and arranging your personal financial health. This post is a quick intro to Defined Benefit and Defined Contribution pension plans from the Pension & Benefits Unit. A pension is a form of retirement plan designed to provide financial support and income...

Toronto – Defined benefit (DB) pension plans from across Canada today released an informational video entitled What’s Important produced in collaboration to mark Financial Literacy Month and raise awareness about the value of retirement income security. The plans include BC’s College, Municipal, Public Service and WorkSafeBC, College of Applied Arts and Technology (CAAT), OMERS, Ontario...

On June 1, 2021, OPSEU/SEFPO’s Local 446 members at Colleges and Institutes Canada (CICan) joined the CAAT Pension Plan’s DBplus plan. CICan employs about 100 OPSEU/SEFPO members. It advocates for public colleges across Canada and champions innovation in postsecondary education. Members have begun to convert their monthly employer RRSP contributions into CAAT’s defined-benefit pension plan,...