Official consolidated Canada Pension Plan statute, including withdrawal and transfer provisions relevant to provincial CPP exit mechanics.
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Source statusJustice Laws Website source record checked 2026-05-06
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Source typeofficial
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Claims referenced9
Why this source matters
Legal baseline for CPP withdrawal authority, contribution/benefit framework, and why a statutory mechanism is not the same as a complete transition plan. This record currently supports 1 topic and 9 claims in the public repository.
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001cpp-pensionsCPP withdrawal has a statutory basis, including transfer provisions, but the public record does not establish a final Alberta transfer amount or an agreed methodology accepted by all affected governments.002cpp-pensionsAn independence-linked pension transition would add constitutional negotiation questions because secession consequences would be shaped by constitutional principles and negotiations rather than automatic unilateral implementation.003cpp-pensionsThe strongest pro-independence pension argument is that Alberta could seek control over contribution policy, benefit design, administration, investment governance, and asset-transfer negotiations, while using statutory CPP withdrawal provisions as a starting point.004cpp-pensionsThis topic should remain high-uncertainty because ordinary CPP withdrawal mechanics are more defined than independence-related questions about benefit continuity, transfer amount, administration, portability, governance, and negotiated terms.005employment-insurance-federal-benefitsThe current federal benefits baseline includes broad Government of Canada benefit navigation, EI, CPP, OAS, child/family benefits, and GST/HST credit channels, while Alberta income support remains a separate provincial program.006employment-insurance-federal-benefitsThe strongest pro-independence case is conditional: Alberta could negotiate transitional service/payment continuity and enact successor income-security programs, but the source pack does not show that such agreements or replacements currently exist.007employment-insurance-federal-benefitsThe strongest anti-independence / pro-federation case is that continuity for EI and federal income benefits depends on binding agreements, statutory authority, funding, records, service capacity, payment systems, reconsideration/appeal rules, and public instructions.008employment-insurance-federal-benefitsCPP, OAS, Canada child benefit, and GST/HST credit sources strengthen the federal-benefits side of this topic because they show multiple federal benefit families beyond EI that would need program-by-program treatment.009employment-insurance-federal-benefitsA responsible continuity plan should publish a program-by-program table covering payment authority, eligibility and contribution records, applications, pending claims, reconsiderations and appeals, data sharing, funding, service channels, and fallback payments.