Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Welcome to all our witnesses and thank you for joining us this morning.
My first question is for Ms. Tassé-Goodman.
Ms. Tassé-Goodman, welcome once more to the Standing Committee on Finance.
Budget 2021 proposes to launch the Aging in Place Challenge Program, which will help community organizations provide support to low-income and more vulnerable seniors so that they can stay in their own homes longer. The program will include a service to prepare and deliver meals, home repair, transportation and other daily tasks that will make seniors' lives easier.
We know that the growth in Canada's aging population will very shortly begin to exert pressure on our care systems, on healthcare, and on existing care facilities. Given that situation, how important is it for us to improve the ability of seniors to live in their own homes longer by means of initiatives of this kind?