So, there could be a bona fide occupational requirement, a BFOR, as was mentioned by the Canadian Human Rights Commission. We agree that there should not necessarily be a mandatory retirement age. I realize that this will be a lot of work, but we need to decide how to proceed and we need to ensure that employers have all the tools they need for a good relationship with employees or unions. When it comes to the key issue of mandatory retirement age, we agree. What we need to do is set exceptions, outline the requirements and make employees pass tests, if necessary. So, there are no issues with that.
On February 10th, 2011. See this statement in context.