Should we raise the retirement age? No

Should we raise the retirement age? That’s what an opinion article in the Hamilton Spectator last week proposed. The author argued his case using data on life expectancy (LE). He noted that back in 1965, when Canada Pension Plan began, LE for men was 66.8, for women 73. He then stated that, since the pension age was 65, men only got CPP for a…