Thank you, Mr. Chair.
After the 2011 election, I myself hired people in my riding who were over 55 years old on average. It works well for me. From time to time, I have to deal with some stubbornness, given that they have a lot of experience, but that very experience sometimes leads to better decisions.
What I am sure I did not do was to bring about an overall loss of 25% in their income when they changed jobs. What bothers me most is that all the statistics look very much like what we see on the ground. For example, when Stryker, the manufacturer of hospital beds, closed its doors, people 55 and older ended up working in service industries at inevitably lower salaries. That is what we are seeing on the ground all the time.
Do you have statistics on the specific impact of that situation? I mean the loss of income and purchasing power and the requirement to work longer in order to have the means to be able to retire.
Do you have statistics on that generation of people who have lost their jobs in manufacturing and are now working at lower-paid jobs in the service sector?