The Alberta government has released information on its pension plan but it won't do much to quell NDP criticism.
Minister of Finance Nate Horner says the federal government committed last year to asking the Chief Actuary of Canada to provide an opinion on Alberta's share of the CPP.
The Chief Actuary is setting up a panel to interpret the CPP Act and while that interpretation could be done in the spring, the final numbers won't be known until fall.
The NDP has accused the government of refusing to release the results of its survey on the proposed Alberta Pension Plan.
NDP Finance critic, Shannon Phillips released a statement earlier Thursday:
"The UCP’s survey didn't even ask the question of whether Albertans support leaving the CPP, because they know Albertans don't support it.
"The UCP has spent months wasting taxpayers’ money on a bogus advertising campaign, ignoring Albertans’ concerns on issues like affordability and health care, while trying to convince Albertans of the government’s scheme to pull them out of CPP based on figures they admit are fake.
"Let’s be crystal clear -- Albertans do not want to leave the CPP. And without a doubt, I am positive that was the message Albertans sent the UCP in their answers to that survey says no one is surprised the government is not releasing details."
Horner's statement did not mention the results of the government's survey.