Victoria’s proportion of over-65s keeps creeping up — 23.2 per cent of the population in 2021 — while a mere 9.2 per cent are under age 15. That’s leaving a gap in the labour market for underemployed seniors
The stranger on my porch appeared harmless enough when I peered through the peephole — maybe 85 years old, rain streaming from her big purple hat as she leaned on her walker — so I opened the door.“I’m your new daughter,” she said. “Didn’t you call Rent-A-Relic, order one for Family Day?”“Wait,” she said, peering through her bifocals at her clipboard. “Do I have the right house? Is this number 1511?”“Gosh, this is embarrassing,” she said. “Worse than that time I slugged John Diefenbaker.
Longtime readers might recall that was when I proposed Ottawa institute a Temporary Foreign Child program. Once here, they would fill out under-strength sports teams, play the less-desirable instruments in band class and work Saturday morning bottle drives, that sort of thing. Victoria’s proportion of over-65s keeps creeping up — 23.2 per cent of the population in 2021, up from 21 five years earlier — while a mere 9.2 per cent are under age 15.
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