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:

PURSUANT TO subsection 6 (1) of the Public Service Pension Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. P.48, the Public Service Pension Plan set out in Schedule 1 to the Public Service Pension Act, 1989, S.O. 1989, c. 73, as amended, is further amended, as follows:

  1. Section 6 is amended by revoking subsections (1), (1.1), (1.2), and (1.3) and replacing them with the following subsections:

Contributions by members

  1. Subject to subsections (1.1) to (1.12), (5), and (7), every member shall contribute to the Fund during each pay period from the salary paid to the member,
    1. 6.4 per cent of the amount of salary that does not exceed the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan; and
    2. 9.5 per cent of the amount of salary in excess of the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan.
    1. Beginning with the first full pay period commencing after April 1, 2018, and subject to subsections (1.2), (1.4), (1.5), (1.7), (1.8), (1.10), (1.11), (1.12), (5), and (7), every member shall contribute to the Fund during each pay period from the salary paid to the member,
      1. 6.9 per cent of the amount of salary that does not exceed the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan; and
      2. 10.0 per cent of the amount of salary in excess of the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan.
    2. Beginning with the first full pay period commencing after April 1, 2019, and subject to subsections (1.5), (1.8), (1.11), (1.12), (5), and (7), every member shall contribute to the Fund during each pay period from the salary paid to the member,
      1. 7.4 per cent of the amount of salary that does not exceed the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan; and
      2. 10.5 per cent of the amount of salary in excess of the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan.

Ontario Provincial Police uniform bargaining unit and commissioned officers below the rank of deputy commissioner

    1. Subject to subsections (1.4), (1.5), (5) and (7), a member who is employed as a police officer in the Ontario Provincial Police in the uniform bargaining unit and represented by the Ontario Provincial Police Association, or as a commissioned officer below the rank of deputy commissioner and represented by the Commissioned Officers' Association shall contribute to the Fund during each pay period from the salary paid to the member,
      1. 7.2 per cent of the amount of salary that does not exceed the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan; and
      2. 10.3 per cent of the amount of salary in excess of the Year's Maximum   Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan.
    2. Beginning with the full first pay period commencing after April 1, 2018, and subject to subsections (1.5), (5) and (7), a member who is employed as a police officer in the Ontario Provincial Police in the uniform bargaining unit and represented by the Ontario Provincial Police Association, or as a commissioned officer below the rank of deputy commissioner and represented by the Commissioned Officers' Association shall contribute to the Fund during each pay period from the salary paid to the member,
      1. 7.7 per cent of the amount of salary that does not exceed the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan; and
      2. 10.8 per cent of the amount of salary in excess of the Year's Maximum   Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan.
    3. Beginning with the full first pay period commencing after April 1, 2019, and subject to subsections (5) and (7), a member who is employed as a police officer in the Ontario Provincial Police in the uniform bargaining unit and represented by the Ontario Provincial Police Association, or as a commissioned officer below the rank of deputy commissioner and represented by the Commissioned Officers' Association shall contribute to the Fund during each pay period from the salary paid to the member,
      1. 8.2 per cent of the amount of salary that does not exceed the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan; and
      2. 11.3 per cent of the amount of salary in excess of the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan.

Ontario Provincial Police civilian bargaining unit

    1. Subject to subsections (1.7), (1.8), (5) and (7), a member who is employed in the Ontario Provincial Police in the civilian bargaining unit and represented by the  Ontario Provincial Police Association shall contribute to the Fund during each pay period from the salary paid to the member,
      1. 6.775 per cent of the amount of salary that does not exceed the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed  by the Canada Pension Plan; and
      2. 9.875 per cent of the amount of salary in excess of the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan.
    2. Beginning with the full first pay period commencing after April 1, 2018, and subject to subsections (1.8), (5) and (7), a member who is employed in the Ontario Provincial Police in the civilian bargaining unit and represented by the Ontario Provincial Police Association shall contribute to the Fund during each pay period from the salary paid to the member,
      1. 7.275 per cent of the amount of salary that does not exceed the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed  by the Canada Pension Plan; and
      2. 10.375 per cent of the amount of salary in excess of the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan.
    3. Beginning with the full first pay period commencing after April 1, 2019, and subject to subsections (5) and (7), a member who is employed in the Ontario Provincial Police in the civilian bargaining unit and represented by the Ontario Provincial Police Association shall contribute to the Fund during each pay period from the salary paid to the member,
      1. 7.775 per cent of the amount of salary that does not exceed the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan; and
      2. 10.875 per cent of the amount of salary in excess of the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan.

Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner and deputy commissioner

    1. Subject to subsections (1.10), (1.11), (5) and (7), a member who is the Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police, or a police officer with the rank of deputy commissioner in the Ontario Provincial Police shall contribute to the Fund during each pay period from the salary paid to the member,
      1. 7.2 per cent of the amount of salary that does not exceed the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan; and
      2. 10.3 per cent of the amount of salary in excess of the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan.
    2. Beginning  with the full first pay period commencing after April 1, 2018, and subject to subsections (1.11), (5) and (7), a member who is the Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police, or a police officer with the rank of deputy commissioner in the Ontario Provincial Police shall contribute to the Fund during each pay period from the salary paid to the member,
      1. 7.7 per cent of the amount of salary that does not exceed the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan; and
      2. 10.8 per cent of the amount of salary in excess of the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan.
    3. Beginning with the full first pay period commencing after April 1, 2019, and subject to subsections (5) and (7), a member who is the Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police, or a police officer with the rank of deputy commissioner in the Ontario Provincial Police shall contribute to the Fund during each pay period from the salary paid to the member,
      1. 8.2 per cent of the amount of salary that does not exceed the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan; and
      2. 11.3 per cent of the amount of salary in excess of the Year's Maximum Pensionable Earnings as prescribed by the Canada Pension Plan.

Exclusion of Justices of the Peace and Case Management Masters

    1. Subsections (1.1) and (1.2) shall not apply to members who are Justices of the Peace or Case Management Masters unless the employer advises the Board in writing that those subsections are to apply to those members. Upon the Board being so advised by the employer, subsections (1.1) and (1.2) shall apply to members who are Justices of the Peace or Case Management Masters beginning with the first full pay period commencing after the date the Board is so advised by the employer or at such time the employer may determine. Until such time, if any, that subsections (1.1) and (1.2) apply to members who are Justices of the Peace or Case Management Masters, those members shall continue to contribute to the Fund at the contribution rate set out in subsection 6(1).
  1. Section 6 is amended by revoking subsection (2) and replacing it with the following subsections:
  1. Subject to subsection (2.1), in addition to the contribution required by subsections (1.3), (1.4), (1.9) and (1.10), every member employed as a police officer with the Ontario Provincial Police shall contribute to the Fund during each pay period an amount equal to 2 per cent of the salary paid to the member.
    1. Beginning with the first full pay period commencing after April 1, 2019, in addition to the contribution required by subsections (1.5) and (1.11), every member employed as a police officer with the Ontario Provincial Police shall contribute to the Fund during each pay period an amount equal to 1.5 per cent of the salary paid to the member, and for clarity the additional contribution under subsection (2) shall cease to apply to the member.
Treasury Board Secretariat

Approved and Ordered: November 15, 2017

Amended by: Order in Council 1125/2021