This isn't a birth rate issue or an immigration issue. And neither of those silver bullets will resolve the problem either. The problem is that the modern concept of retirement is based on unrealistic expectations and is unsustainable. If we need an additional pool of labour to care for aging boomers, the pool will come from eliminating mandatory retirement and extending the CPP eligibility age to 67 or even 70. That's the only thing that's going to work.
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