The short answer is no. I don't know that there are any creative programs, because what I hear is when people get into trouble. They will phone me and say, “Connie, what do I do about...?” or “Mrs. Smith is living in a.... How does she get to a vaccine site?” I communicate and I connect, so I know which button to push to solve that problem.
We all—including everybody on this line—need to understand that as we age, we become more isolated. Our friends pass away; we're disconnected; family is not there and we don't know who to call.
One of the friends I referred to has a son in New Zealand, so every now and then I get the phone call because his mother is in a personal care home. When you go to rural Manitoba, the need for community connection is huge. We know that if a small town in Manitoba is having a fair, everybody is there. Everybody knows each other.
That same thing happens across Canada. We haven't done fairs and events. My favourite, even in Winnipeg or if you go to rural Manitoba, is to ask, “Where are all the trucks?” All the trucks will be by the coffee shop, and that's where communication happens. That set of trucks takes care of everybody, and that is sadly missing. Here we go again: We don't have Wi-fi to connect those people when they can't connect themselves.