Prof. Hugh Armstrong at the Status of Women Committee

I'm not sure I said exactly that, but I would certainly sympathize with that as a perspective.

One of the problems with long-term residential care is that it's below the radar. It's below the radar in part because it's not part of what we call medicare--the things that are covered under the Canada Health Act.

So I would welcome minimal national standards in this field. As to how to achieve them, I'll leave that to you politicians. I know there are federal-provincial-territorial issues involved.

I think more federal leadership to provide more recognition, less stigma, and less a sense of failure in long-term residential care would be most welcome.