There is little revenue left over to invest in boomers’ children and grandchildren, and we saddle their offspring with larger debts from unpaid bills
This pattern in the environment, housing and fiscal policy doesn’t live up to the intergenerational Golden Rule: Do unto other generations as you would have other generations do unto yours.
Fortunately, there is a remedy. Canada needs an ambitious upgrade to our intergenerational social contract. One that plans better for all age groups, investing urgently in well-being from the early years onward. One that will protect our aging loved ones while renewing their opportunity to leave a proud legacy.To jumpstart this upgrade, now is the time to enshrine responsibility for generational fairness more explicitly in the functions of government.
The Trudeau government has already laid strong foundations from which to upgrade the intergenerational contract. Ten-dollar-a-day child care is a game changer. So is pollution pricing legislation. The deputy prime minister has publicly acknowledged that our housing system is “an intergenerational injustice.” The federal Quality of Life Framework enshrines intergenerational thinking in the sustainability lens it adds to budget and program deliberations.
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