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Roblin Review

Location

Roblin, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Sep 11, 2012

Page

6

Close the pension gap with fairer plans for Canadians

The piece argues for scaling back government employee pension benefits to sustainable levels. It notes most private savers lack workplace plans while 81.9 percent of public workers have defined benefit plans funded by taxpayers, pledging high retirement security. It emphasizes fairness in compensation for government workers and taxpayers alike.

Opinion: Canada should switch to defined contribution pensions

The author argues that defined benefit pensions are risky and unsustainable as payouts exceed funded assets. He cites government plans in Canada with large shortfalls and urges moving new hires to defined contribution plans to protect taxpayers. Colin Craig advocates this shift as true social justice.

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Arctic ice melt pushes ocean to unknown unknowns

Gwynne Dyer explains a record Arctic ice decline to about four million square kilometres with a melting window extending a week. He contrasts known unknowns with unknown unknowns, noting IPCC projections, varied expert opinions, and the shift from seasonal ice to a progressively longer ice-free period as open water absorbs heat and warms the ocean.

Arctic Ocean Don Rumsfeld United States Iraq George W. Bush Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change IPCC National Arctic

Unknown Unknowns in Arctic Change Boosts Extreme Weather

Gwynne Dyer reports that warming Arctic waters may weaken the temperature gradient, slow jet stream winds, and enlarge Rossby waves. The result is longer lasting extreme weather patterns that stress global food supplies and raise breadbasket crop risks, contradicting prior scenarios of temperate self sufficiency.

Arctic Ocean Arctic Geophysical Letters Jennifer Francis Rutgers University Stephen Varrus University of Wisconsin-Madison Rossby Russia Francis Vartus

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