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The Goderich Signal-Star, 1980-05-28, Page 24STOCK UP! AGE` G!',. GODER C. $i NPit STA ., WEPNNSDAY, MAY 38,E 9,8:D COMMUNICATION think 0041 fi it, and BY JACK RIDDELL, MPP Questions were asked the Provincial Treasurer about the pension fund borrowing of the Ontario Government used to finance the government deficits over the past decade. The seriousness of the problem was brought to light by comparison when Eric Kierans quit the Quebec pension agency, The Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, accusing Finance Minister Jacques Parizeau of siphoning off money from the fund to finance provincial deficits. Parizeau wanted to borrow $1.5 billion from "The Caisse" this year at below market rates. Ontario has been borrowing from the pension fund for years and, in fact, as of March 31, 1980 owes the following: Canada Pension Plan- - $8,757 billion; Teachers' Superannuation Fund, $3,523 billion; Ontario Municipal Employees Retirement Fund - $1,293 billion; or a total of $13,573 billion, all of which has been used to finance provincial deficits. Studies show that had this money been invested in the marketplace, in - Jack Riddell productive capital rather than just to fuel' deficits, Ontario would have a far more healthy economy at the present time. There would have. been lower inflation, . higher real income, less unem- ployment and higher real growth. David Peterson, Liberal. Finance Critic, called for a complete review of our deficit spending and borrowing policies in order to create more real wealth in Ontario. "We cannot saddle future generations with a higher tax load to make up for deficient .pension funds. It will turn out, with hindsight, to be one of the most serious mistakes of the Ontario Government."lie said. PENSION MESS Following his pursuit of pension plans in Ontario, Mr. Peterson called on Frank Drea, minister of Consumer and Com- . mercial Relations, to bring an immediate disclosure legislation for private pension plans in the Province of Ontario as the first step in cleaning up the pension mess in Ontario. The Quebec model, enacted last year, would be a good one .to follow which requires that employees receive - in- formatQn about their pension plans including: 1. The amount of the employees' contribution and interest accrued. 2. The amount of the employers' contribution and interest accrued, ' 3. Percentage of members' contribution vested in case of ter- mination of employment. 4. Amount of money payable to the employee at normal retiremefi't age. 5. Overall funding rate' of the plan. 6. Death benefits payable. 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