I see this as another significant advantage for employers and for the different provinces. Transfers are currently not allowed under defined benefit plans. Even when they are, the process is very difficult and the actuarial costs are extremely high. As a consequence, there are very few.
When someone is benefiting from a public plan, whatever employer he may work for, his years of work will continue to accumulate throughout his career. These days, the world of work is not what it was 40 years ago. People just do not spend their entire career with a single employer. They may work for seven different employers, and it may even be more than that in the coming years. What we are talking about is a plan where people are not penalized when they stop working, whatever number of employers they have worked for in their lifetime and whatever province they may work in. For example, it could be a female worker who has children.