Thank you, Mr. Chair. It's great to be on this committee for such an important topic.
My riding is Richmond Hill. I had the opportunity to hold a town hall meeting over the summer on seniors, as well as look at the 2015 data. What the data showed and what I heard in the town hall was alarming. The rate of increase of seniors in my riding was almost triple. We went from 10% in 2006 to about 14.6% in 2015.
Also, when we did the town hall, we heard there are two major issues. One was indexing, and the other one was home-based care by caregivers. I was glad to hear Mr. Janson touch on the indexing. If I understood you correctly, you talked about moving from a price-based system to an economy-based one.
Also, Bonnie, you touched on what I call home-based care services, through the model you mentioned, paying an informal caregiver.
I have two questions. They're questions more on the clarification of the definition, and also the economic impact, the dollar-value impact, because as a government we always say, “Where's the money going to come from?”
I'm going to start with Mr. Janson. Can you explain the impact of moving from a price-based to an economy-based system, and how we should account for that?
Then, Bonnie, could you explain where the money for paying informal caregivers should come from?