I've changed my mind. Mr. Shipley is used to that, so he's going to let me have the rest of my time.
There were other things I read as I was listening to you. You were talking about muscle strengthening, which is obviously a benefit to anyone, no matter what age you are. You were talking about balance training. I would agree with my colleague that a lot of veterans suffer from balance problems because of injuries they've had during their service. If you have an inner ear problem, or you have a tendency to develop inner ear problems, you're going to have a balance problem.
The other thing that really wasn't mentioned—and this comes from my background prior to being an MP—is the medication. A lot of seniors are taking more than one medication for more than one problem, and that is true for veterans as well. Sometimes the integration of two medications can cause problems that might make a person lose their balance, or fall.
This goes back to what I was saying earlier. If we're going to have a solution to the problems of veterans or seniors falling, it's going to take cooperation from a number of bodies. It will not work unless one of those bodies happens to be the Canadian Medical Association. Physicians are in the best position to give advice to their patients who are seniors, whether or not they're veterans. That advice is usually heeded by seniors. If their daughter who happens to be an exercise guru were to tell them to do something, they may not heed that as quickly as if it came from a physician.
I think we have to have the province and the federal level onside with this. We have to have the physicians onside with it. We have to have a lot of people onside with it. We might even be able to find willing partners in insurance companies.
Thank you.