This petition asks Parliament to review how the Canada Pension Plan (CPP) is being administered, and whether administrative agreements have allowed CPP funds to be used in ways that reduce other organizations' obligations — potentially beyond what Parliament originally intended.

The CPP is a mandatory contributory public pension established by Parliament;

Contributors earn statutory entitlement through mandatory contributions made during employment;

Parliament determines the purposes for which mandatory CPP contributions may be used;

Following Bill C-2 (1997), broadly framed terms in sections 65(2), 65(3), and 80 have enabled administrative agreements and practices that treat CPP as payments that “would not have been made,” and apply those payments to target-benefit schemes, reducing third-party obligations;

These developments warrant examination of whether the protections in section 65(1) have been diminished by subsequent legislative or administrative practices;

The CPP Act does not inform contributors that the pension can be used to reduce third-party obligations through administrative arrangements, thereby circumventing CPP's statutory purpose; and

Only Parliament may set those purposes, so periodic independent review is essential to public confidence.

We, the undersigned,residents of Canada, call upon theHouse of Commons in Parliament assembledto: 1. Review the changes introduced by Bill C-2 (1997) to the Canada Pension Plan Act and recommend any amendments to the Act or Regulations necessary to ensure mandatory contributory pensions are administered only for the purposes authorized by Parliament; 2. Independently examine whether current administrative agreements and practices remain faithful to the statutory purposes enacted by Parliament; 3. Restore any statutory protections that Parliament determines have been diminished or displaced; and 4. Establish periodic independent parliamentary review to ensure legislation—not administrative precedent—remains the foundation of public administration.