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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Regina
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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.
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Arctic Ocean
Don Rumsfeld
United States
Iraq
George W. Bush
Intergovernmental Panel On Climate Change
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National
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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.
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Arctic
Geophysical Letters
Jennifer Francis
Rutgers University
Stephen Varrus
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rossby
Russia
Francis
Vartus
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