Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thank you to all of our witnesses for appearing today on this private member's bill. Your expertise is certainly valued.
I will say at the outset that we are all, obviously, against elder abuse, but we want to make sure.... I think one of our witnesses used the expression “unintended consequences”. We want to make sure that whatever we deal with as parliamentarians achieves the goals it sets out to achieve and does not have negative consequences.
I'm going to ask my question to Jodi Hall.
You mentioned challenges that you see within the legislation itself. This is a private member's bill, but at this committee we have the opportunity to consider ideas for amendments from witnesses. Do you have some suggestions that would make this bill more palatable or, in your view, more useful?
The last thing we would want is a piece of legislation that discourages people from taking employment in an area that so desperately needs it. Do you have some suggestions in that regard?