Are pension benefits in issue a form of non-deductible, non-indemnity insurance?
Canada (Federal), Canada
The following excerpt is from IBM Canada Limited v. Waterman, [2013] 3 SCR 985, 2013 SCC 70 (CanLII):
Prowse J.A. also concluded, at para. 62, that “the pension benefits in issue are also properly characterized as a form of non-deductible, non-indemnity insurance”, as described by McLachlin J., as she then was, in Cunningham v. Wheeler, 1994 CanLII 120 (SCC), [1994] 1 S.C.R. 359. IV. Issue
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