EDMONTON - In response to the appointment of Stephen Harper as the Alberta Investment Management Corporation (AIMCo) chairman, Public Interest Alberta's Executive Director Bradley Lafortune issued the following statement: 

"Stephen Harper has no direct experience with pensions. No politican should be in charge of any one pensioner's retirement, let alone the 375,000 Albertans who are now under the direct control of Stephen Harper. Harper infamously introduced two-tiered pensions in 2012 while serving as Prime Minister. He is a multi-millionaire who is out of touch with the average working Albertan. Public Interest Alberta will not stop campaigning for Albertans' retirement security until public sector pensions are secure and the CPP is safe from the hands of Danielle Smith and Stephen Harper."