Canada's Aging Workforce : Vieillissement de la population active au Canada : une conférence nationale sur les façons de maximiser les débouchés pour les travailleurs âgés : rapport sommaire

The employers are actively examining the labour market pattern of retirement is also evolving with the elimi- participation of mature workers and developing strate- nation of mandatory retirement, the introduction of gies to leverage their knowledge and skills more effec- flexible work arrangements, and the need to secure tively. [...] The Minister of State for Seniors, The Honour- generation, Canada’s labour market growth rate will able Diane Ablonczy, discussed the need to develop start to decrease in the next decade although projec- a strategy to prepare for the emerging challenges of tions tend to differ on the exact timing of the decline. [...] The presentations, the limited applicability of single industry experience, therefore, served to showcase the diversity of tools and financial pressures related to pension concerns and services available and the areas where further consid- family support, and the lack of formal education and eration and greater investments are needed. [...] Policymakers and employers, therefore, have the opportunity to leverage the skills As population aging is a multifaceted issue and Canada and experience of mature workers to mitigate some is just beginning to see the initial signs of the labour of the anticipated challenges of population aging. [...] He is a Companion of the Order of Canada Rina Bruinsma is the Director of the Mature Age Policy (1974) and Officer of the National Order of Quebec section, Australia Government Department of Educa- (1991).