Thanks for the reply Stasher.
It comes off after tax, it isn't in an RPP, they give us that option but I chose Non-Reg. It is in just the company stock.
For the stock plan there is no MER associated, in my company RRSP the mutual funds have an MER but the index funds are ridiculously low, 0.02%
I've been contributing since I've been allowed, slightly over 2 years. I contribute up to the max they allow, 6% of salary, and they max up to 3.5% of earnings up to a max of $2250.
I mean to be honest, the return has been kind of flat over the last few years, since July of 2014 we have the same share value but it is a dividend paying blue chip, dividend yield is about 3.6%.