Thanks, Madam Chair. I will share my time with my colleague Arif.
I want to thank everyone for inviting me to this meeting. I think your work is very important, especially your study on seniors. This is a delicate issue, particularly the physical and financial abuse of seniors. I often think of financial abuse, but we also know that property can disappear. We can also discuss psychological and physical abuse. Unfortunately, seniors may also experience sexual abuse. So it's a very delicate issue and one I consider important.
For many years now, Statistics Canada has been gathering information on violence against seniors. We know from gender-based analysis that women are more vulnerable. That's also an issue I consider important.
Do we know what categories of seniors are particularly affected? Are there any specific age groups?
What direction should our study take in order to address the issue of age groups and the fact that women are more affected than men?
I think Ms. Morency is best qualified to answer that question.