Thank you, Chair.
Mr. Creek, I loved your suggestion about incorporating seniors into university campuses and residences.
As a chaplain, I've connected youth with seniors through shopping trips. At Christmas we've connected the two together, and we've also gone to homes for seniors. I have to tell you that what happened there was absolutely magical.
However, Mr. Mantler, I recognize your point about the diagnosis. What often happens with seniors is that there's no indication that depression or loneliness is going to hit. They live healthy lives, and then all of a sudden their friends pass away and they're on their own, and this is what happens. The diagnosis part is so important, but the other frustration is that the waiting lists are too long with respect to psychiatric care for seniors.
Can you offer some suggestion with respect to that? How do we engage more people to take this up as an area of interest, to pursue education in this area, or to have people come to Canada who have expertise in this area to help our seniors?