Thank you, Mr. Chair.
I would like to take this opportunity to ask my colleagues to address the ministers with more respect.
Mr. Chair, I wanted to congratulate you for starting the meeting in French. I'm from Quebec, and in Quebec, the presence of French is non-negotiable, so thank you.
Minister Lightbound, I was in my riding last week. I was touring private seniors' residences. I met with all the seniors. They told me about challenges related to their tax slips. They didn't have any tax slips, but I ordered some and gave them to them.
It's clear that the Bloc members are not listening. Neither is our colleague Mr. Lefebvre, since he's talking about 85,000 seniors. However, it's no longer 85,000 seniors; it's 63,000 seniors, so let us stop extrapolating. Let us also stop playing petty politics, because we're here to solve problems that affect Quebeckers and Canadians. At some point, we have to be serious.
Why is it important to modernize this decades-old system? What does that mean for long-term services for Quebeckers and Canadians?