Thank you, Madam Chair.
The recommendations on aging and poverty in Canada mention the fact that shelter is a major expense for seniors; 56% of unattached senior women are paying 30% or more for their housing. That is debilitating them in a very serious way.
Has your department done any research in terms of their recommendation that the federal government and other levels of government get back into the social housing business, back into those affordable programs that would alleviate the kind of stress seniors are feeling?