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Archive for 'seniors'
Stapleton on Harper’s Proposed OAS/GIS Changes
John Stapleton has an opinion piece out on Prime Minister Harper’s proposed changes to Old Age Security (OAS) and the Guaranteed Income Supplement (GIS). I find the following quote from Stapleton to be particularly troubling: By providing OAS and GIS at age 65, Canada has greatly reduced the incidence of poverty among seniors. By moving the [...]
Posted by Nick Falvo under Conservative government, CPP, demographics, fiscal federalism, income support, Old Age Security, older workers, pensions, population aging, poverty, retirement, seniors, social policy.
February 19th, 2012
Comments: 1
When Will The Baby Boomers Retire?
Canada’s population, we are frequently told, is rapidly aging. The big baby boomer cohort is headed out of the workforce, meaning that we face a future of very slow labour force growth and even possible shortages of workers. CIBC Economics has just gone so far as to argue that the Bank of Canada can afford [...]
Posted by Andrew Jackson under pensions, population aging, retirement, seniors.
January 10th, 2012
Comments: 1
Work and Labour in Canada
CSPI have just published the second edition of my book, Work and Labour in Canada: Critical Issues. While this is written mainly as a text for university level courses, others may find it useful as a resource on a wide range of labour market issues and trends, including the role of unions. The book can [...]
Posted by Andrew Jackson under economic crisis, labour market, manufacturing, Role of government, self-employed, seniors, skill shortages, social democracy, Uncategorized, unemployment, unions.
January 12th, 2010
Comments: none
Falling Poverty Among the Elderly – A Canadian Success Story
I was recently trolling through Statistics Canada (LICO – After Tax) data on CANSIM and discovered to my slight surprise that the incidence of poverty (or low income as StatsCan politely prefers to describe it) has fallen very significantly among the elderly (age 65 and over.) I knew the rate was relatively low and had [...]
Posted by Andrew Jackson under pensions, population aging, poverty, seniors, Uncategorized.
August 7th, 2008
Comments: 6
