Thank you, Mr. Chair, and my thanks to the gentlemen for being with us this afternoon.
Most of the questions have been asked. I also agree with the whole issue of health care as quality of life. We have to incorporate that element.
I represent the constituency of Kelowna—Lake Country, in the interior of the Okanagan in British Columbia. To those who have been familiar with Victoria and UBC and studying gerontology and the whole philosophy of aging in place, we have the highest demographic of those 65 and older. That's about 16% of my population in Kelowna, and Victoria, of course, has the highest number of individuals over the age of 80. So we have some excellent research based out of B.C.
I know Minister Abbott, our health minister, and Premier Campbell have been using this philosophy of home care and assisted living versus institutionalization or hospitalization, both from an economic and also a quality of life point of view. I think we have a model there, and we have the research. And like my colleagues at the table, I have many constituents who have come forward looking for improvements to a program that we know is broken and needs to be fixed.
I would just ask you this, then, from a summation of all the discussions that we've had with prior witnesses. If this committee completed and put a bow around the witnesses' information that we've gathered to date and submitted a report before our Christmas break, would that help you to expedite this legislation coming forward in the new year?