Pressure

Provinces pressure Ottawa to pause plan to hike CPP premiums next year

Provincial finance ministers have quietly prodded Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to put a pause on planned increases in premiums workers and businesses pay into the Canada Pension Plan.Employer contributions to CPP are set to rise to 5.45 per cent next year. (Sean Kilpatrick/The Canadian Press)Provincial finance ministers have quietly prodded Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland to…

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