Mulcair vows to restore retirement age to 65
Posted Oct 27, 2012 04:21:18 AM.
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TORONTO – NDP leader Tom Mulcair says if he becomes prime minister he’ll scrap the Harper government’s plan to extend the retirement age.
Mulcair told a townhall in Toronto Friday he would restore the retirement age to 65 instead of the government’s plan to change it to 67.
The Conservatives introduced changes to Old Age Security last Spring that are set to take effect in 2023.
The government says the measures will help ensure the sustainability of the pension system.
But Mulcair says the changes will result in hundreds of thousands of seniors living below the poverty line.
He also says an N-D-P government would strengthen the Canada Pension Plan and the Quebec Pension Plan.
