Dr. Ian Lee (Associate Professor, Sprott School of Business, Carleton University, As an Individual) at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

Thank you.

I thank the committee for inviting me to speak on this critical issue. I applaud your committee for tackling it. Indeed, I think this is the single most important issue confronting Canada and the western world for the next 50 years.

First I have my disclosures. I don't consult to anyone or anything anywhere—not governments, not corporations, not NGOs, not associations. I don't belong to or contribute to any political party. In approximately 70 days from now, I'm going to pass, and I assure you most involuntarily, into that club called the seniors of Canada.