Justice committee  It is the responsibility of each and every individual to report abuse. That's why the education is so important. It's so that everybody is aware that if anybody—it could be any senior—is being abused, we have to report. Again, on the other point that was mentioned, in these rela

Justice committee  From the immigrants' perspective, if people are aware of this bill before they come to the country—not only the seniors who will be coming, but also their families—in terms of what may happen if they are not given enough time or if they're abused in a certain manner, that knowled

Justice committee  Yes, I think they need to go hand in hand.

Justice committee  Basically, under this project we will be designing the program based on input from seniors. We'll be having focus group discussions across the four regions that I mentioned. Based on that, we will be developing a tool kit at the end of the project that will consist of a manual fo

Justice committee  Yes, but.... At the end of the three years we will find out, but it has the potential, and we look forward to that.

Justice committee  It's basically a community development approach that we have to work with. We have to work with the seniors, with the family. We have to raise awareness. We also have to work with all the stakeholders. It's not a vertical approach that you have to take. Look at the individual. Yo

Justice committee  You need to have more community support groups, counsellors, and community-based agencies sharing the information about the services that are available. The information should be available in the local languages. You should have counsellors who understand the perspective of their

Justice committee  What needs to be done? We fully support this legislation. Our elder abuse project and other cross-sectoral work that we are doing in Ontario has focused on the fstrategies that follow. First, provide education for immigrants on what life in Canada is like for immigrants, incl

Justice committee  Okay.

Justice committee  I would like to thank the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights for inviting the Social Services Network to appear before you as you are examining Bill C-36, an act to amend the Criminal Code in reference to the issue of elder abuse. My name is Dr. Naila Butt. I'm the e