As the province puts its Alberta Pension Plan consultations on hold and awaits asset transfer figures from the Office of the Chief Actuary of Canada, a new poll suggests Albertans remain unconvinced about the idea of going it alone.
The poll by the Angus Reid Institute, which conducted an online survey between Nov. 24 and Dec. 1, found that of those surveyed in Alberta, 48 per cent said they opposed the idea of leaving the Canada Pension Plan, compared with 36 per cent who supported it. Seventeen per cent said they weren’t sure, or couldn’t say.
Across the country, more than half in British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario and Atlantic
