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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Well, we could afford to pay it if teachers still retired at 65 and died at 75. But when people retire at 55 and live to 85...
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This needs to be done now, retirement age should be pushed back to 67, possible higher. When thee pensions, CPP etc. were first set up you could count on people really only living a few years after retirement, now it's more like 20 and these funds just cannot sustain that financially. Harper did move the retirement age to 67 but Trudeau has (or is going to) make it 65 again.
On the topic on unions, you can see they are setting up for a fight they know is coming when it comes time to renegotiate contracts. When the Notley government announced the wage freeze for non union employees a week to two back the unions almost immediately publicly condemned it even though it doesn't effect them directly. They know what's coming next and are angling to gt public opinion on side with them before hand.