I am very pleased to hear from you, Mr. Robillard.
As we have indicated on a number of occasions, the New Horizons for Seniors program provides significant improvements, whether in your community, in mine, or in the communities of the members seated at this table.
Our seniors want to be taken care of but they also want to take care of their communities. Most of them are living longer, and in better health. In most cases, they are also more inclined to contribute to the development of their communities and are available to do so. It is done in an environment that rests heavily on volunteers and that implies working with other members of their communities.
The New Horizons for Seniors program has the specific objective of help for seniors by seniors. Therefore, the contribution seniors make is central. They have talent and ambition. They contribute a lot of their time and their advice and that has very significant impacts on other seniors in their communities. It is a very good program.
Once again, however, I want to encourage the members of the committee during their work to reflect on and tell us about their views on the ways in which the program could become even better. Throughout the year ahead, we are going to be interested. We eventually want to redesign the program's parameters. Your views will be very useful in that respect.