Let’s keep seniors in the labour force longer

The duration of dependency will be longer for the elderly and substantially costlier for the working age population to support due to health care, public pensions and the persistent trend toward nuclear families and smaller households.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, pictured at a youth event last month in Ottawa. Canada's former chief statistician says the government should also be focusing on seniors because 'a growing proportion of persons retiring today will be challenged to fund their living expenses for the remainder of their days, and those days are getting longer as life expectancy increases.'The Hill Times photograph by Jake Wright

Opinion

BY WAYNE SMITH

March 13, 2017

OTTAWA—While the current government lavishes attention on today’s youth, some greater attention is required on today’s and tomorrow’s seniors, as much in the interests of today’s youth as of the seniors themselves. It is generally accepted that the growth rate of Canada’s population wil...

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