To: NYer
New figures by Statistics Canada project there'll be more seniors over age 65 than children under 15 by 2015. By 2031, the number of seniors could be double the number of children.
These are scary stats coming from a country as important to the US as Canada.
A society that doesn't reproduce is sick, by definition. It's not just Canada. Western civilization is sick. Hopefully, the illness isn't mortal.
48 posted on
05/24/2006 10:03:51 AM PDT by
Antoninus
(Ginty for US Senate in NJ -- Primary day is June 6)
To: Antoninus
A society that doesn't reproduce is sick, by definition. It's not just Canada. Western civilization is sick. Hopefully, the illness isn't mortal. Looking at historical trends, when a society or civilization stops reproducing, it is near its end. Even with the barbarians swarming over the borders, the Romans were just to busy watching the circus to have kids or defends themselves.
65 posted on
05/24/2006 12:58:31 PM PDT by
redgolum
("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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