After reading to OP's linked article, my biggest concern was the national child care recommendation. We chose to have a parent at home until the kids were in school and believe that was worth the sacrificed income. For people making the same choice, a national child care program is no benefit, and probably, a tax grab. (Worse, we get on the slippery slope of the government raising your kids right from the cradle through "regulations" that are sure to follow).
As for retirement, I just don't know. My oldest son is a tax expert and says I could have been collecting CPP from age 60, and that's what he would do. (Less per month, but what if you wake up clutching your heart the day after your 65th). But I don't even want to pack it in at 65, if I can still work, and collecting CPP now means higher tax bracket now. The 67 thing doesn't worry me but wouldn't have affected me anyway, just my wife (a youngster on the relative scale).
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