I am confident that all of the initiatives that have been taken by the government and at the provincial and territorial levels will contribute to a heightened awareness and will be of assistance to seniors in this country.
Mr. Goguen, you and I go back 30 years. I don't remember at the time people talking about this that much, and I don't remember this kind of awareness of this. I mentioned to you the advertisements that you would have seen this year with respect to somebody out on the street yelling at somebody and somebody getting money from their relative or their mother—I'm not sure who—but the point is that by doing what we can at all different levels of government here, we are making progress, in my opinion, in this area, because you don't have to explain to people anymore what elder abuse is. They know what it is. They have examples of this. They've heard of it. They've maybe experienced it. They know members of their family.
So to the extent that we continue to push this, and, as I was saying in response to Mr. Cotler, to the extent that the legal profession and members of the police association continue to get people thinking about this issue, we're all better off, because the reality in this country is that there is an increasing seniors population, and I think this is very appropriate. This is an idea whose time has come, but I think all of these help. This is why, when I get together with my provincial counterparts and I hear about the initiatives they have, I certainly, as you would and as all of us would, applaud these efforts here, because this is exactly what we have to be doing. It's not just one level of government; it's not just one piece of legislation. There has to be a complete approach to this, and this is what we're doing.