Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you very much for being here today. This is very important.
We're seeing the two ends of the curve: young women, mothers, heads of single-parent families and elderly women coming to the end of their lives. We see that there's not a lot of difference between the two situations. The poverty is the same. The poverty persists and continues to exist, even into very advanced old age.
Ms. McGowan, I had the privilege of co-directing a home care services cooperative for about 10 years, and I am very familiar with what you're talking about. What you're doing is very important, and I thank you for doing it. However, I believe there are not enough agencies like yours to meet the many needs that are expressed, because the population is aging quickly.
I would like to ask you a question. What should be done so that there are more agencies able to meet these needs? How could we benefit from a number of additional agencies? Do you believe that's really necessary? Do you believe that the public would benefit from that, both monetarily—because governments are always concerned about that aspect—and socially? Do you believe that elderly women and men could benefit from that?