I would say the first thing that needs to be done is what we've said quite clearly, and I'm sure you've heard other testimony on it: that we don't know the incidence and prevalence of elder abuse in Canada. Along with that is gathering information on risk factors, protective factors. It is necessary to understand who's at risk for elder abuse, what places them at risk, and how you can effectively intervene. That goes for the entire Canadian population, plus some of the special populations that we've talked about. We need those kinds of measures to determine the extent and the nature of the problem in order to develop interventions to prevent the problem.
On October 27th, 2011. See this statement in context.