Thank you very much for the invitation to appear.
I'm going to speak on three points: an educational profile of older workers in Hamilton; obstacles faced by older workers in the labour market; and some issues about generational equity.
This presentation draws on reports that the Social Planning and Research Council of Hamilton has published on community conditions in Hamilton, but these trends are common across Canada and are not unique to Hamilton at all.
First, we looked at data on the educational profile of older workers. I am speaking about workers of age 65 to age 74. Census data for 2006 indicates that among older workers, the largest group is those who have no high school education. The second-largest group is those with university education. So the two extremes of the educational scale are the two largest groups of older workers. Workers with less education are more likely to be low income and working because of economic hardship. They would prefer to retire if—