Premier Danielle Smith wants to gamble with your pension

The CPP works because Canada stands together.

 
Alberta is the only province trying to break away. 

It’s reckless and dangerous.

Retirement security should never depend on politics.

• The UCP wants to quit the Canada Pension Plan. Experts warn this means smaller pensions, higher costs, and more risk.

• The UCP recently voted at its 2025 AGM to pass a motion in favour of creating an Alberta Pension Plan (APP).

• Only 1 in 10 Albertans back Danielle Smith’s plan. Most want to keep CPP safe and stable.*

• Families lose pension value. Seniors face higher costs. Workers get weaker returns.

• If you live in Alberta, but work in another province, you will lose pension benefits and portability.
   

What this means

Walking away from CPP means gambling with everyone’s future.

• Families near retirement lose decades of earned stability.

• Young workers face a lifetime of uncertainty.

• An Alberta-only plan means higher costs, weaker benefits, inability to work in other provinces, and political interference.

Pension experts agree: this move will be devastating to the retirement of  Albertans.

Retirement should be reliable. Not political.
 

Why it matters

• The UCP is pushing a pension plan Albertans don’t want.

• Nearly two-thirds say keep CPP strong. Smith keeps promoting a risky, unpopular alternative.

• Albertans want secure pensions managed independently, not political experiments.

Tell Danielle Smith and your MLA: stop the gamble. Keep CPP secure.

* Source: Black, Matthew. "Alberta releases its pension survey results" Edmonton Journal, 18 Jun. 2025, (original link).