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i 4 retirement at 65 t discriminatory j v ontario study says by jerome watt staff writer t heart attack couldnt stop 1 grace watson fromdoing her job as a switchboard- v operator at scarborough centenary hospital it took some- j thing more permanent manda- tory retirement i i was very very good at my job grace said it was just the factthatlwas65 r gracesdaughter diane watson saw her mother wilt before her eyes after the forced retirement r s thisis the one thing that 1 keeps her alive the jacksons point resident said it gives her jsomethmg to look forward to fsometimesi see how hurt she is about losing her job f working past retirement is vital romany seniors j ill be 66 shortly said terry carter office manager of the newmarket chamber of commerce i just like what i am moing- a and working past the age of 65 keep auroras doug pysongoingv- y i i think its important to keep active the 71yearold associate i e real estate broker said if they v h jkickeirnebf the door and im v v sliuproducmgrdbvupsetl f iits an issue diane sees affecting yjher generation the baby v j pais wellx j v this is important to the baby bqomers she said this could v possibly happehto them f fbaby boomers those born from 1945jtol95pj k finereurement v igiven the changesm ouri i demographics itsnmeto ic- i v v krenrementj said douglas i age discrimination and crust bakery plans tojwork until skes70rthe selfemployed baker s who are forced to retire at 65don l f r s forced to change policies due to die larger number of v employees wulirig to work pastthe age of 65 r there are also sound economic reasphsto workpastthe age of 65 v many selfemployed workers- have discovered j s mandatory t when 55yeaf rachel itually be elimc braurisfitein owner of richmond c hills uppercrust european- itfi the agffijfof the baby 4 ibakery and cafe7came fo canada jt t move j 24 years ago she didnt have any tlhat timie we were not- lifesavings braunshteins case isnt unusual early retirement forces many sen iors into virtual poverty according to the ontario human rights com mission what we found were a lot of sub groups like women who returned to the workforce and did- nt develop a large enough rrsp contribution larsen said we found the same problem with peo- pie who immigrate to the country late in life a mature workforce canalso benefit the economy with fewer people drawing from social securi ty according to the ontario rights commissions report dyson who went from con struction to real estate agrees if you were to get rid of a fair number of senior people you would have quite a dent in your business he said there is a great knowledge base with seniors its a waste of a valuable res6urcebraunshteinsaid companies can use our expert- ence at 65 why should they throw you out in order to match economic requirements with a workers pref- erenceretirement might be struc- tured differentiy in the future tftjure not going to have 65- v yearolds working in construction wiseman saidmaybe well have j tsome sort of system for testing to determine if they should retire wisemansuggested future retirement may be phased in voices i my new subsidized income along with my feeling of professional uselessness has shown me one thing the reality of how society views and treats the aging grace watson if i should not be able to find gainful employment in the future solely on the criteria of my being oyer 65 i will lose the capability of keeping my home v don pelz any occasion cake all inade to order y novello try our itl ii wed dint tikes- desserts 1 66 buslock dr markham pyf va 9054713079 ith4vit