Evidence of meeting #66 for Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities in the 42nd Parliament, 1st Session. (The original version is on Parliament’s site, as are the minutes.) The winning word was literacy.

A recording is available from Parliament.

On the agenda

MPs speaking

Also speaking

Nicole Laveau  Representative, Comité retraite et fiscalité, Association québécoise de défense des droits des personnes retraitées et préretraitées
Irene Sheppard  Executive Director, Fraser Health
Michael R. Veall  Professor, Department of Economics, McMaster University, As an Individual
Jane Rooney  Financial Literacy Leader, Financial Consumer Agency of Canada
Sébastien Larochelle-Côté  Managing Editor, Education, Labour and Income Statistics Branch, Statistics Canada
Andrew Heisz  Assistant Director, Income Statistics Division, Statistics Canada
Pamela Best  Assistant Director, Social and Aboriginal Statistics Division, Statistics Canada

5:15 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Bryan May

Literally, in five seconds, sir. Go.

5:15 p.m.

Professor, Department of Economics, McMaster University, As an Individual

Dr. Michael R. Veall

It's not a win-win, in the fact that some seniors would have to work later, but those are the seniors who are healthier and can probably do it. Of course, they are going to have a much longer and healthier lifespan. It also protects the people who are sick and who can't do it.

5:15 p.m.

Liberal

The Chair Liberal Bryan May

Thank you very much.

I have to wrap it up there. As you can see, it's like a Pavlovian response. We have to run to the Hill.

I would like to thank all of you who appeared before us today, and all of you who appeared at this committee via video conference. Thank you all very much for helping us shape this report. I know there will be some written submissions that will be handed to us. We'll make sure that those get to everyone on the committee.

Thank you very much to all the committee members and to everyone who made today's meeting possible.

The meeting is adjourned.