{"id":2787,"date":"2024-07-26T07:13:56","date_gmt":"2024-07-26T11:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/regimeretraite.ca\/caracteristiques-du-regime\/"},"modified":"2026-01-15T13:34:37","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T18:34:37","slug":"plan-features","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/regimeretraite.ca\/en\/plan-features\/","title":{"rendered":"Plan Features"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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A Plan that Guarantees the Payment of Promised Pensions<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The plan provides security and stability by guaranteeing the payment of a pension for life, regardless of investment returns. Thus, even after a year of financial crisis, the plan will continue to pay ongoing pensions without any reduction\u2014an important advantage compared to an RRSP or VRSP.

To ensure that the plan will be able to pay the promised pensions, the pension committee has developed two policies: an investment policy and a funding and use-of-surplus policy. The pension committee is also required to periodically request an actuarial valuation. This actuarial valuation determines whether the fund\u2019s assets are sufficient in relation to its obligations\u2014that is, the pensions promised to all plan participants.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t

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A Secure Plan<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The entire plan is designed to achieve, in order, the following three objectives:<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Ensure the payment of the earned pensions<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Subject to meeting the previous objectives, ensure the indexation of pensions and pension credits<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Caution when developing pension formulas, reserve levels, and the other management policies established by the pension committee allow us to state that our approach is secure and based on careful risk management.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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A Collectively Shared Risk<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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The risk is collectively shared by all participants. A significant portion of the contribution is paid into an indexation reserve which, during more difficult times, absorbs financial shocks while remaining available to index pensions when the financial situation is good. In times of unfavorable economic conditions, the conservative nature of our approach and the indexation reserve may not be sufficient to absorb the shock. In such a case, additional contributions (special contributions) would need to be paid by active participants. However, the payment of current pensions and the rights already acquired by participants, retirees, and beneficiaries would not be affected in any way. The strength of the group protects the individual.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Featuresof the Plan A Plan that Guarantees the Payment of Promised Pensions The plan provides security and stability by guaranteeing the payment of a pension for life, regardless of investment returns. Thus, even after a year of financial crisis, the plan will continue to pay ongoing pensions without any reduction\u2014an important advantage compared to an […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":224,"featured_media":2786,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2787","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"yoast_head":"\nCharacteristics of the Pension Plan for Community Groups and Women<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Discover the features of the Pension Plan, designed to ensure lifelong financial security and long-term stability for employees in the community sector.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/regimeretraite.ca\/en\/plan-features\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" 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