Rachel Blaney at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On October 3rd, 2017. See this statement in context.

October 3rd, 2017 / 5:05 p.m.

NDP

Rachel Blaney NDP North Island—Powell River, BC

Thank you.

Richard, I have a few questions for you.

In my riding, we have a huge housing shortage. We have seniors who are stuck in hospitals and have nowhere to go. We're spending thousands of dollars keeping them in hospital care. We also have seen in the last five years a huge growth of seniors who are either homeless or at risk of homelessness, like we've never seen before.

Your organization has observed an increase in older adults using the shelters since 2014.

Can you tell us a little about that, and how the lack of housing is impacting seniors?

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