ESDC has taken a number of different actions in partnership with other government departments to try to address this issue. We recognize that it's widespread and growing in terms of nature and scope.
One of the departmental priorities, as mentioned, is looking at financial abuse specifically and working with other departments. This is part of Minister Tassi's mandate letter. Basically, we're looking at how to best design and implement initiatives that better protect seniors dealing with financial institutions and telecommunications companies with respect to, as you said, public education and awareness to increase the odds of their being able to protect themselves.
Last December, Parliament passed new legislation, together with the new financial consumer protection framework, which advances the rights and interests of bank consumers and provides additional tools to the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada. The Financial Consumer Agency of Canada is a major player in this field. They are working on the creation of a code of conduct to guide banks in the delivery of services to Canada's seniors, and they also provide significant amounts of public information that's made available through financial advisers and senior stakeholders, and made available more generally publicly.
We are also working to ensure, through the new horizons for seniors program, that awareness of financial and other types of elder abuse is increased. Between 2007 and 2015, they did lots of projects on that front.