As a basic tenet of the PBSA, solvency funding is there to protect people's pensions. It's true some provinces have backed off from having their crowns fund on a solvency basis. Quebec has eliminated it right across the board. I'm not sure that's such a great thing. Other provinces are reviewing their solvency funding regimes to see what might replace it.
We're always open to considering new proposals to help federal plans address their funding challenges.