It's a very big issue. I think one of the things the federal government could do would be to give some tax incentives to people who are doing these kinds of things.
Our first witness talked about the informal community programs and how they can be supportive. Giving money to those types of programs will get you much more bang for your buck. In my opinion, we need to have our whole society engaged in caring for seniors, where, as I said in my brief, each person “is” part of our human family, not “as if” they're part of our human family. We all need to see this as our responsibility to care for each other, funding some of these grassroots programs that will be unique and helpful within the situations where they are. What you'll have in Weyburn, Saskatchewan, will be very different from what someone will need in the west end here in Vancouver. We need to support those community groups, through the seniors lens, who can give us, using lots of volunteers, really good value for the dollars we invest.