OTTAWA, Feb 9, 2001 (LSN.ca) – The federal Auditor-General’s report issued Tuesday warned of the financial woes that would result from the dramatic aging of the population caused by the massive decline in Canada’s birthrate since the baby boomer generation. The report validates the warnings pro-lifers have been raising for decades – that abortion and its related anti-child mentality would have grave long-term implications in addition to the death of countless unborn children.
By 2030, the elderly will make up about 22 per cent of the population, compared with 12 per cent now says the report. While today there are five Canadians of working age for every Canadian over 65, in three decades, there will be 2.5 says Auditor-General Denis Desaulets . Financial pressures will be felt with the need for increased government spending, pension payments and demands on health-care services at the same time as growth in the labour force slows, says a summary report in the Globe and Mail. “Together, these forces can put enormous pressures on government finances when their impact begins to be felt in 10 years or so, particularly if our debt burden and tax levels remain high,” said Desaulets.
The solution pro-lifers have been encouraging is a reversal of the anti-child mentality and a the dawn of a positive pro-natalist government and social policy. That is, more children will provide more citizens to produce the income, social security and national vitality necessary for the future of Canada.
(Globe and Mail Feb 7, Heather Scoffield)