The lack of action on this promise may reflect the complexity of increasing any type of CPP benefit. There could be room to increase the survivor’s pension without raising overall CPP ...

But how complicated are our laws? In a working paper titled “Measuring the Complexity of the Law: The United States Code”, Daniel Katz and Michael Bommarito of Michigan State University ...

In Mr. Runchey’s experience, financial planners and front-line Service Canada staff who field questions on the CPP often don’t fully understand the complexities of the survivor’s pension.