Thank you.
I want to make something perfectly clear: we all agree that we support Bill C-36 on the whole. But the purpose of today's meeting is really to see if we can improve the bill and, if so, how. Clearly, it is equally important to point out, which you did quite well by the way, that we can't just sit back and say we've done everything that needs doing on the issue of elder abuse just because a bill like this has been brought forward.
My first question is for Ms. Beaulieu.
The minister told this committee that Bill C-36 would likely be a deterrent against elder abuse. I'd like to hear your thoughts on that. Could a bill like this one serve as a deterrent? Could it lead to lower rates of elder abuse, for example?