Human Resources committee  I think the slide we've added in there was probably more to indicate that we've seen an increase in life expectancy, but in terms of the labour market, we should probably look at healthy life expectancy. There may be a behaviour from the labour market that may be different if you

Human Resources committee  As has been pointed out, we've seen an increase in the labour market participation of older workers. We've seen an increase in life expectancy. The reason for retirement is not a trend. It's what we had in 2007. As we said, we have statistics sometimes that give a picture of what

Human Resources committee  It's really hard to be able to answer that accurately.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  On the survey of older workers—that's the last slide—we've provided some of the factors that people told us would make them change their retirement date.

Human Resources committee  Maybe we can dig down a bit more on that information, but as Diane pointed out, it's really hard to know if they actually would do it. These are the factors they think would influence their retirement date. What the behaviour would actually be would possibly be a different thing.

Human Resources committee  In terms of trajectories and transition to retirement, to measure those kinds of studies you really need a longitudinal survey. A number of countries have created longitudinal surveys on aging, and retirement specifically. A new longitudinal survey was launched two years ago, c

Human Resources committee  We did a field survey on financial security. That was last fall, in 2012. The results should be available this winter, in other words December 2013 or in early 2014. It will allow us to take stock of the assets and debts of Canadians. The sample size we used was sufficient. We sh

Human Resources committee  As is the case for all countries, the survey of financial security is not necessarily conducted on a regular basis. There are no international standards as to its frequency. However, in the case of characteristics like assets, all countries conduct one at a frequency varying from

Human Resources committee  I would have to check to see whether a study has been done on this matter. My group has not done one, but it may have been done elsewhere. I will look into the matter to see if there is any information available.

Human Resources committee  I should be able to tell you that immediately, but I do not have the figures right here. We do have that information. It is simply that I do not have it here.

Human Resources committee  On this specific.... I'll answer in French because you asked me the question in French. With respect to the series mentioned, the Labour Force Survey still exists. We would therefore be in a position to continue to conduct time series as we've been doing. Some results come from

Human Resources committee  I was referring to the survey of older workers. It is in the last slide.

Human Resources committee  This survey was only funded once. Unless it is funded in the future, we will not be producing these results again.

Human Resources committee  We don't ask the reason why that is. However, we could provide extra information. Given that the sample size was reliable enough, we could try to provide some detail on the industry or occupation, to try to see what kinds of jobs...or who the workers are who are working longer. W