Looking at this federally, and particularly on the long-term care side, the big challenge will be those conversations in terms of health care, and so much of that responsibility falls on the provinces and the territories.
We need to be mindful of the fact that long-term care is part of health care. It's separate right now. It doesn't have the same kinds of safeguards and protections that other parts of health care have had in Canada.
We need to be really looking at the reasons why abuse and neglect occur within the long-term care setting. We tend to focus in terms of the profile of the residents, but we also need to understand the labour structures within that area. There is the fact that so many of the workers are female workers and casual labourers. That whole idea of continuity of care basically flies out the window in those circumstances.