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Pension surplus final appeal hearing date set

Thursday, January 5th, 2012

The Supreme Court of Canada is scheduled to hear the pension surplus appeal on Thursday February 9, 2012. To read the Court’s case information, Read more

 

Pension surplus case going to court of last resort

Monday, May 9th, 2011

The Supreme Court of Canada will hear the plaintiffs in the federal pension surplus court case at a date not yet known.

In a decision made public on May 5, the Supreme Court said that the p... Read more

 

Pension surplus update: Ontario Court of Appeal denies appeal

Tuesday, October 19th, 2010

On October 8, 2010 the Court of Appeal of Ontario rendered its decision to dismiss the pension surplus appeals.

FSNA was disappointed to hear that the Ontario Court of Appeal has dismissed o... Read more

 

Pension surplus appeal to be heard in April

Monday, January 11th, 2010

The Court of Appeal for Ontario has set the dates of April 19 to 21, 2010, to hear the appeal of the judgement rendered in November 2007 by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice.

The 2007 ju... Read more

 

C78 Update – Second series of case documentation expected in September

Wednesday, September 23rd, 2009

The plaintiffs’ lawyers expect to receive the materials in the pension surplus appeal from the federal government’s lawyers in September. The plaintiffs’ lawyers served their mate... Read more

 

Update on pension surplus appeal

Tuesday, April 28th, 2009

The appeal proceedings on the pension surplus appeal are progressing steadily.

The plaintiffs’ lawyers must file their legal arguments in a factum and exhibit book by May 21, 2009. The... Read more

 

FSNA Board awaiting appellate court lawyer's advice

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

FSNA’s National Board of Directors is awaiting the expert independent advice of an appellate court lawyer regarding the appeal of the dismissal verdict rendered in the pension surplus court c... Read more

 

Pension surplus dismissal of actions: FSNA Board votes to file notice of appeal

Wednesday, December 5th, 2007

In consultation with its lawyers, FSNA has thoroughly studied in detail the Ontario Superior Court’s decision rendered on this case. At a teleconference on Tuesday, December 4, 2007 the FSNA... Read more

 

Pension Surplus Trial Verdict: Actions Dismissed

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

In a verdict rendered on November 20, 2007, Justice de Lotbinière Panet of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dismissed the actions challenging the federal government’s decision to take t... Read more

 

Pension surplus trial concluded – Judge’s verdict expected in six months

Thursday, May 10th, 2007

Final arguments began in the pension surplus case on May 1, 2007. They were originally expected to last from one to two weeks. However they were finished in no more than three days. Now that the co... Read more

 

Pension Surplus Trial: Presentation of Evidence and Expert Testimony Wrapped Up, Counsel Now Preparing Closing Arguments

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2007

Day 15 (April 2) of the pension surplus trial kicked off with the recall, at the request of Justice Panet, of Scott Milne, an expert in public-sector accountancy and former auditor with the Office ... Read more

 

Pension surplus balloons to $42 billion: expert witness

Tuesday, March 20th, 2007

A former government auditor testified in Court that the surplus in the public service, RCMP and Canadian Forces pension accounts have now increased to $42.7 billion.

Scott Milne, an expert i... Read more

 

Pension Surplus Trial: Expert witness says public pension plans have assets

Friday, March 9th, 2007

An actuarial expert testified that assets were transferred from the Public Service Superannuation Account to newly created pension plans of local airport authorities, NAV Canada and Canada Post, pr... Read more

 

The Pension Funds Surplus Trial to last until mid May 2007

Tuesday, February 27th, 2007

The trial on the federal pension accounts surplus resumed on February 26 before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice with the opening arguments from the lawyers representing the unions and the ret... Read more

 

The Pension Funds Surplus Trial Reconvenes

Thursday, February 22nd, 2007

The trial on the federal pension accounts surplus is to resume on 26 February before the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, in Ottawa. The presentation of evidence and expert testimony is scheduled... Read more

 

Pension Surplus Trial to reconvene in February 2007

Friday, March 10th, 2006

The earliest date for the trial on the pension surplus to reconvene is February 26, 2007. It is estimated that the trial itself could last six weeks and the time required for argument could be two ... Read more

 

Ottawa Citizen articles concerning the Pension Surplus Trial

Saturday, December 31st, 2005

Ottawa Citizen writes two articles concerning the Pension Surplus Trial, click below to read the articles

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Internal government documents can be used as evidence in Pension Surplus Trial

Friday, December 23rd, 2005

In a decision dated December 23, 2005, Justice De Lotbinière Panet of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that 128 internal government documents would be admitted into evidence in the cour... Read more

 

Government disputes admissibility of own documents in Pension Surplus Trial

Tuesday, November 22nd, 2005

Government disputes admissibility of own documents Lawyers for the government are trying to block written evidence that would seriously weaken their case and to cause serious delays in our lawsuit ... Read more

 

The Pension Surplus Trial Adjourned

Monday, November 21st, 2005

The first phase of the trial regarding the $30.2-billion surplus taken from the Canadian Forces (CF), the Public Service (PS), and the RCMP pension accounts ended on Friday 18 November.

Duri... Read more

 

Pension Funds Surplus Trial Starts Today

Tuesday, November 15th, 2005

The trial regarding the $30.2-billion surplus taken from the superannuation accounts of the Canadian Forces (CF), the Public Service (PS), and the RCMP started today in the Ontario Superior Court o... Read more

 

Lawyers Status Report on Pension Surplus Legal Challenge

Tuesday, June 29th, 2004

Where are the Lawsuits Now?
Oral examinations for discovery of the Federal Government have now been completed, apart from follow-up required to obtain undertakings and compel... Read more

 

Status Report on Federal Pension Plans Surplus Litigation (Bill C-78)

Friday, July 4th, 2003

The following is a status report prepared by the lawyers representing the plaintiffs in this legal challenge (FSNA is one of the plaintiffs).

Where is the case at?
Thr... Read more

 

Pension Surplus Case

Thursday, June 29th, 2000

The Federal Superannuates National Association is among the 15 plaintiffs who have filed a claim under the Ontario Superior Court of Justice to challenge the federal government’s appropriatio... Read more

 

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