Thank you very much, Mr. Dong.
I couldn't say whether that program's been used. There's usually a call for projects, but we haven't seen any in Quebec during the pandemic. Normally, when the federal government issues a call for projects for seniors, a lot of Quebec agencies submit proposals. Even our association has previously submitted proposals to the federal government to develop various activities for seniors.
I don't know the situation in other provinces, but we were confined and we teleworked in Quebec during the pandemic. It was more difficult because we couldn't see each other. Our sections are nevertheless still working with seniors by telephone or videoconference.
As Ms. Newman said, the major problem is a lack of Internet access for seniors in all regions of Canada. While we don't have that problem in urban centres, in rural regions, either there's no Internet or it's low-speed access, which is hardly any better. It's better not have any access at all than to have low-speed access. The telecommunications companies, Bell and others, don't want to expand the network because it costs too much and isn't profitable.