Karl Blackburn and Norma Kozhaya, of the Conseil du patronat, wrote in their opinion piece published on December 10 and entitled “Coping with the aging of the population” that “the face of Quebec is changing and [qu’]the ground must be prepared for this major demographic shift ”. It would have been better to say that “the face of Quebec has changed so much over the past half-century that the necessary measures should have been taken a long time ago to avoid a major demographic disaster”.
In the last decades of the XXe century, our governments tried to design a family policy to help couples have the children they wanted. Obviously, they have not produced an effective policy.
Gnawed away at its base, our age pyramid has the appearance of a Mingan monolith. In 2016, children aged 0 to 14 were 13.4% fewer than those aged 15 to 29, who had a deficit of 10.5% compared to adults aged 30 to 44. Thus, 15 years in 15 years, Quebec has accumulated deficit after deficit because it has not been responsible for replacing generations for 50 years.
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