To be clear, we do not support this legislation as presented. I want to be very clear on that point.
There are so many serious challenges within long-term care. We feel that the risk it poses to recruitment and retention within the long-term care sector is significant. There are accountability mechanisms already in place within the Criminal Code and within provincial jurisdiction of long-term care legislation, standards, regulations and inspections, just to name a few.
However, if the committee is compelled to put this legislation forward, then in order to address the inequalities that it would create in identifying just the long-term care sector, we would ask that it be broadened to the entire health care sector, especially given that it's meant to address elder abuse.