Liberal bill would force companies to simplify data access for police. No one knows the cost

When it comes to the gender pension gap in Canada, there’s good news, bad news—and caveats. Over the past fifty years, retirement income has increased for many Canadians. Old Age Security, for example, was indexed to inflation in the early 1970s. So was the Guaranteed Income Supplement. And in 1976, 34.3 percent of women aged sixty-five and older were defined as low income (after paying taxes) compared to 17.5 percent in 2022. This is a striking improvement, but it still accounted for some 700,000 women as of that year, a number which will be higher today. Seemingly endless streams of...