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Order in Council 617/2021

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:

Whereas the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation (the Corporation) is an agent of the Crown established under the Ontario Cannabis Retail Corporation Act , 2017 as a corporation without share capital ;

And

whereas the Lieutenant Governor in Council, under OIC 464/2018, approved the designation of the Corporation as a participating employer in the Public Service Pension Plan set out in

Schedule 1, as amended, to the Public Service Pension Act, 1989 ( PSPP ) and in the Public Service Supplementary Benefits Account continued under Order in Council 867/2019, as may be amended from time to time ( PSSBA ) such that eligible employees of the Corporation may participate in the PSPP and the PSSBA ;

And

whereas there is a desire to clarify that employees of the Corporation who are represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union ( OPSEU ) are not eligible to participate in the PSPP and the PSSBA ;

And

whereas employees of the Corporation who are represented by OPSEU are instead eligible to participate in the Ontario Public Service Employees’ Union Pension Plan;

Now therefore pursuant to paragraph 2 of subsection 2(1) of the PSPP , it is hereby clarified that effective January 1, 2018, all permanent full-time employees of the Corporation who are not represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union are designated as a class of employees who are required to become members of the PSPP ;

And pursuant to subsection 2(2) of the PSPP , it is hereby clarified that effective January 1, 2018, all permanent/fixed-term part-time employees and all fixed-term full-time employees of the Corporation who are not represented by the Ontario Public Service Employees Union are designated as a class of employees who are entitled but not required to become members of the PSPP and shall, upon filing a written election with the Ontario Pension Board, become members of the PSPP .

Treasury Board Secretariat

Approved and Ordered:

May 13, 2021

Updated: June 29, 2022

Published: May 28, 2021