Last week ended with the bad news that Canada’s economy not only stalled through the whole First Quarter of this calendar year, it actually shrank — in each of January, February and March, as well as in the previous months of November and August. Insecurity and uncertainty are real. Middle-class Canadians worry about sluggish incomes, [...]
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Task Force on Aging Needs to Focus on Generation Squeeze
on October 1st, 2014
Making Canada work once again for all generations By Paul Kershaw : Nobody wants unearned inequality between older and younger Canadians. I don’t. My mom doesn’t. Nor does my grandmother. Problem is, this inequality is on the rise. A new study by the Conference Board of Canada reports that Canadians age 50 to 54 earn 64 [...]
Generational fairness and Old Age Security
It’s fiction to believe that any public pension arrangement can be financed purely by each generation setting aside the funds