CTV: Delayed retirement is a good thing

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Delayed retirement is a good thing: seniors’ advocate

With more Canadians choosing to stay on the job past the age of 65, one advocate believes it’s a win-win situation for both seniors and businesses.

www.ctvnews.ca

According to Statistics Canada, the labour force participation rate for Canadians aged 65 and older hit 15.2 per cent in 2025.

That’s nearly 1.2 million seniors in the labour force.
People who are getting older are living on fixed incomes. With the increased cost of living, they are finding that they can’t make ends meet. They need more money to meet the cost of living, and one way of doing it is (by) going back to work,” says VanGorder.

But that reality is something VanGorder says can benefit seniors looking for part-time employment and businesses eager to hire them.

“Seniors are happy to take jobs that are only a couple of days a week or a few hours a day, and they’re filling jobs that wouldn’t be filled otherwise,” he says. “Keeping an older worker around means you have somebody who’s experienced to the job. They don’t need a lot of supervision and they have a really good work ethic.” “More and more seniors are getting into that business because they can do it during the summer. It doesn’t have to be full time and there’s a real need in the Atlantic to have more people working in hospitality.”

Forget those retirement dreams, serf.

 

[Glowie]

Retirement is a joke anyways. You work your whole life and let it pass by, only to be “allowed” to have fun when you’re 65. Let that sink in a bit eh.

 

[dagthegnome]

Yes, plebs. Keep working until you drop so that we in the Educated Class can enjoy our adult daycare and booze-fuelled government-subsidized vacations at your expense.

 

[Nuremburger]

Only one generation in the history of human kind has been able to retire, and sadly, they’re still in the process of it.

 

[the_pamplemoose]

Your erudite political betters need your tax dollars, slave.

 

[YQRanon]

I retired 5 years ago and it was the best move I could have made. The reasons I retired are numerous but, it wasn't about the money. I could have had a larger pension if I stayed working. I had a plan to work a couple of years after retirement, to pad my pension but, family matters came first. My recommendation to everyone is, retire as soon as possible, if you can. Enjoy your retirement while you can because, life is short. And, it can become shorter in a hurry.

 

[TOPDAWG]

the fact people think CCP or if you're in the US SS will be there for anyone in their 40's right now is insane.

 

[YQRanon]

That's why I started taking CCP as soon as possible. I'm not spending it, I'm putting it away for the future. I have a fear that the feds have been siphoning money from it and that the numbers they give us about the health of the fund is bullshit. Should Alberta separate and try to take back their share of that fund, I suspect that is when we find out how much is really there.