Thank you very much, Madam Chair.
I want to thank our witnesses for being here today.
I wanted to start off today by talking to Mr. Frank. I was looking at page 4 in your presentation, and the quote you had was:
Accordingly, we believe [the federal] government has an important role to play in both educating Canadians about the need to save for their long term care as well as providing support for such activity by providing tax and financial incentives to assist them in taking more responsibility for their long term care needs through the purchase of [long term care] insurance.
One of my colleagues, James Rajotte, has actually put forth a motion or bill on financial literacy. I've been amazed at how there's really a lot for Canadians to learn about responsibility and financial literacy. If you look at some of the health services that are and aren't covered in our country by the public system.... I have the honour of working with a colleague of mine, who is a chiropractor, and there are so many health services out there that people, throughout their lives, may need a plan to utilize, but they just don't think about it, whether it's chiropractic, physiotherapy, even psychology.
You mentioned in your opening statement the importance of mental illness. We've heard from other witnesses how much this is starting to tax the system and to stop people from working and being productive. Recently Canada observed World Suicide Prevention Day, and we did start bringing about the issue of mental health.
I was wondering what your organization does and how it works with businesses to address mental illness in the workplace and to help support Canadians who suffer from this horrible condition.