Unpaid caregivers contribute an estimated $97-billion in unpaid labour each year. We have been quietly offloading the cost of care onto families. The bill is coming due.
Finding solutions to improve mental health in LTC workers requires the federal and provincial governments to work together.
A Small Employer Retirement Plan Tax Credit is a policy idea that helps small business, builds middle-class wealth, and helps take pressure off future government spending.
The Canadian Association for Long Term Care says it will need an additional 382,400 to 454,000 beds by 2035 to keep up with demand. This is an increase of between 93 per cent and 121 per cent.
The department could also see a staff reduction of nearly 2,000 bureaucrats by 2028.
The bill was initially promised by Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government following the thousands of deaths that occurred in long-term care during the initial waves of the COVID-19 pandemic.
With older adults soon to make up a quarter of our population, Canada needs focused and empowered leadership to prepare for the realities of a super-aged society.
The aspect of Canada’s pension system that supports poor seniors pushes some into even greater precarity.
Not all seniors need long-term care, so the federal government must act now to fill this critical housing gap.
The National Institute on Ageing’s annual survey should serve as a call to action to address inequalities for the most vulnerable populations.
The multibillion-dollar lawsuit alleges systemic anti-Black discrimination in the federal public service resulted in lost wages and pensions for Black government staff.
Boosting Old Age Security through Bill C-319 would be a massive income transfer from younger Canadians to older Canadians.
Expert warns of an ‘accidental election’ if parties don’t budge in the current political stalemate, as Conservatives filibuster House proceedings and the Bloc Québécois sticks to its OAS ultimatum.
There are 52 private members’ bills currently before Parliament, and Conservative MP Randy Hoback is first in line on the order of precedence.
Millennials’ ‘fingerprints’ are now on the federal public service, says Deloitte’s Stephen Harrington, while a Carleton University professor says the demographic could be better divided into those hired pre- or post-pandemic.
Without deliberate consideration and action, much of an entire generation of older Canadians will be without the housing and care they need.
More formal support for caregivers, and a resolution to the Phoenix pay system issue are just two of the federal issues advocates are keeping their eyes on in the wake of National Seniors Day.
By 2031, almost a quarter of Canada’s population will be over the age of 65 and demand for long-term care will grow further.
