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

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thanks to each and every one of your for your commitment to our seniors.

One witness said that we are about to face a grey tsunami.

I'm proud to be seated next to the last seniors minister, who is very dedicated to that cause. She was just showing me that we had a strong action plan. It's been two years, and we certainly will be supporting a strategy, because the demographic is getting more dramatic.

I will turn to the nurse from Trinity Western.

You mentioned in your testimony that only one-third of Canadians have access to palliative care. Canadians are very proud when newborn babies come into the world, but I believe—I am an engineer—that there's a life cycle and there's an end.

Is it socially acceptable in 2017 that two-thirds of Canadians are kind of left by themselves? Can you comment on this? What would be your recommendation to the government in that regard?