Thank you, Chair, and thank you to the witnesses.
This is a very important study. The committee has for the last couple of years been considering the importance of a national seniors strategy; this is part of it. We look forward to your recommendations. It is a very complex issue that we're dealing with, but we need to take care of our aging population.
Right now, one in six is a senior. Within about twelve and a half years, it's estimated that it will be one in four. Presently we have one in four Canadians acting as a caregiver, spending hours taking care of somebody in need. Those numbers are only going to increase, we know.
To deal with income security—and Mr. Shillington, this is a question for you, with your expertise on that issue—it has been suggested that restoring the age of eligibility to 67 from 65 for OAS and GIS will, with the recent bump-up, solve the problem of income security.