Yes, it has been our position for a long time, Dr. Powlowski, that long-term care and home care, when required, should be provided based on need and not the ability to pay. That patchwork, which one of my colleagues just testified about, as to the way long-term care plays out across the country has not done well for seniors in this country.
Our concern is that we might jump immediately to inquiry or just funnel a lot more money in there and put more registered nurses in there, or whatever the solution would be. We need to step back and look at that population. What is aging in Canada going to mean? Long-term care and chronic care don't just happen, as you know, inside bricks-and-mortar walls. It's in community centres, in primary care. It's part of end-of-life care.
I think we've had a terrible outcome. We need to analyze it and inquire, of course, but we need to step back, take it up a level and consider what aging in Canada is going to mean for the 21st century and how we are going to pay for it.