As many as five Eastern School District bus drivers have filed complaints with the PEI Human Rights Commission alleging age discrimination due to the school district’s mandatory retirement policy at the age of 65.

The School District has yet to respond to the complaints.
Carol White of Murray Harbour plans to appeal the policy. She will be 65 in August.

“The board shouldn’t sit in Charlottetown and say a bus driver is too old to drive,” Ms White said. “If a doctor says someone can’t drive after they’re 65 that’s one thing, but the system isn’t fair. If a driver is fit it should be their choice."

PEI Human Rights Commission executive director Greg Howard said five complaints have been made so far since February, with the most recent one filed on May 27.

Mr Howard said his role would first be to attempt to effect a settlement between the two parties. If a settlement can’t be reached and if an investigation shows the complaints have merit, then Mr Howard would forward the complaints to a panel. 

When you say yes to some you say yes to all. So on PEI there is no retirement age any more.

So what does that mean? One of the things it means is that the prior generation is still locked out by the Boomers. I see this as an ethical issue. What about the rights of the next generation?

What too about the practical issues of aging. The bus that killed some Canadians in Switzerland the other day was driven by a 73 year old. I would not want to be driven by a 73 year old bus driver. Aged 60 myself soon, I would not want to be driven by anyone over 70. Their reactions are just not up to it.

"The cause of the crash — going uphill on a dry, straight road in good conditions — has not been determined.

Rieder suggested the driver was distracted by a motorcyclist, "but that hasn't been confirmed yet." The driver, a 73-year-old German, tested negative for alcohol and was reported to be unhurt."(CBC - Link)

Do you want your kids to be driven by people who are not up to it or to be taught by people who are not at their best?

Whose "Rights" are we talking about?

It's all so pathetic.
HT Shawn Bowman for the lead