Marier pointed out in his 2013 research that at the time of his writing, the province of Saskatchewan actually had no strategy which considered the specific challenges of the ageing population. In the same research, Marier pointed out that a huge portion of Canada 's seniors live in rural areas, which will make the administration of health care and social services costly and challenging. I will also point out how Remie (2013) outlined that lower fertility rates as compared to prior generations. The birth rate in Canada is currently less than 1.4 children per couple. I will use this information to establish in a few paragraphs, one point per paragraph, that Canada is ill equipped to deal with this challenge related to the ageing …show more content…
I will discuss the issues and implications of this issue in a separate paragraph. I will also give the example of a senior having a heart attack in a remote rural area, and the implication would be that he or she would almost certainly die as an ambulance would likely take far too long to arrive, and the drive or air ambulance to the nearest hospital would take too much time, and the patient would likely lose his or her