more poor young adults than retired.

D: though I'd like to think the young are more resilient and can handle it.
Still, it puts in context a single-minded focus on the old.

Here's an idea.
Stop hiking the clawback cutoff age on OAS benefits.

For 2009, the tax recovery applies to persons whose net income exceeds $66,335. For each $1 of income above this limit, the amount of basic Old Age Security pension reduces by $0.15.

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Here's an idea - don't make working poor pay for those making 3-4x what they are!
This is the reverse of Robin Hood.