Yes, that's correct. One component of the Roadmap which was successful, but which also showed its limitations, was a program that supports training. It is a training program developed specifically by McGill University for people working in the health care system in Quebec. According to the latest figures that I've seen, 7,000 Quebec hospital and health care system employees have taken this course. This has made it possible to provide frontline care in English to members of the community. As you say, the official language minority communities, particularly Anglophones in Quebec, but also Francophone communities, are aging communities with health issues normally associated with seniors. However, there are limits to what can be accomplished with this type of training program.
I spoke to an Anglophone from Granby involved in health care and asked her about whether she felt the program had been a success. She told me that it was very good, because it has meant that a nurse working in a CLSC is now able to put a cast on a young person who fell off his bike and fractured his arm. However, when you have a 58-year old farmer who is starting to show early signs of Alzheimer's disease, there are limits to what can be provided in the way of services.
As far as I'm concerned, this is an indication of the specific issues associated with aging communities, and I believe everyone is aware of that. In Quebec in particular, there is a generation of retirees who are not as bilingual as the younger generation. I talked to someone in the Magdalen Islands who told me that her mother calls her because she can't understand the social worker who comes to visit her. This young lady has to interrupt her work to act as a translator for the social worker who comes to see her mother. That is an example of the specific problems associated with an aging population.