It is a fact that many seniors are staying at home because of our transit system. First of all, many of them are immobile. They can't drive, for safety reasons. The transit system that we currently have is not efficient in terms of meeting the needs of seniors. I already touched on seniors living in poverty. Is there a way for government to provide some funding to ensure that seniors are not sitting at home, and that they have the capacity to pay if they have to go and buy food or even just go anywhere? We know that when they sit at home and they're lonely and sad, the mental health and physical health costs will eventually be more for the government than if it had supported them with, for instance, a support walker. They could get out maybe three times a week to have some physical activity, or get out to buy healthy food rather than ordering in unhealthy food, which they do because it's cheap and they don't have money. It costs the government tons of money in hospitalizations if they have to pay for them when they get sick.
We need to evaluate the transportation system, which currently is not meeting the needs of seniors. We need to provide funding for seniors in order to move them from place to place. That would be one of many recommendations that I think might eventually save money and keep our seniors active and healthier for a long time.