Pandemic’s Financial Bite Forcing Older Canadians to Postpone Retirement

Pandemic’s Financial Bite Forcing Older Canadians to Postpone Retirement
Workers sort softwood in a workshop in Madawaska, Ont., on April 25, 2017. The Canadian Press/Sean Kilpatrick
Lee Harding
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Income losses due to the pandemic have led more Canadians to postpone retirement, bringing new attention to the value of older workers.

“I think there’s a lot of untapped potential amongst older workers,” says Rafael Gomez, a professor specializing in employment relations and director of the Centre for Industrial Relations and Human Resources at the University of Toronto.

Lee Harding
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Lee Harding is a journalist and think tank researcher based in Saskatchewan, and a contributor to The Epoch Times.
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