Explainer-What’s at stake as Alberta seeks to split from Canada Pension Plan

Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland will seek to challenge Alberta Premier Danielle Smith's plan to pull her province out of the Canada Pension Plan (CPP), in a meeting with provincial and territorial counterparts on Friday. The CPP is facing one of its most challenging periods since Smith's conservative government threatened to pull the province out of the scheme. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his main political opponent, the Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre, both oppose the plan.