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Originally Posted by jammies
Not that I disagree with the idea that solutions have to be found. However, "social programs" like welfare or unemployment benefits have nothing to do with the problem of an aging population. Your average employable 60 year old isn't "retired" and sitting at home collecting EI and having welfare babies.
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Health care spending threatens to devour the budget of every province in Canada. Combine that with stagnation in government revenues you see with an ageing population, and all government programs are going to be squeezed.