Human Resources committee  I agree with what the government did by only focusing on those who truly need the help. I think that's of great importance. However, I'm concerned about those who may be just above the threshold of what the government entails as struggling from the age of 65 up. My only concern

Human Resources committee  Yes, I agree. I can hand it over to Laura.

Human Resources committee  Quickly, I can say that there are many good ways to bring all that seniors need into one community. Home care is easier, believe it or not, to organize at times than long-term care, so it's much more doable.

Human Resources committee  I'm going to have to agree. I do agree that it should start at 65. I have parents who heavily rely upon that. I think we need to look not just at that. We need to look at what else we can give to seniors. Many seniors struggle with paying for their food. They struggle with payi

Human Resources committee  I don't know if I'm going to give you the answer you want to hear, but I can answer this quite quickly. Having worked in both for-profit and not-for-profit homes and representing personal support workers in both sectors across our nation, I have to say that both sides have issue

Human Resources committee  Thank you for saying that. We lost a lot of support workers across our nation due to COVID-19. Those workers stepped up to the plate when everyone else stepped back. Thank you for that recognition. In terms of unionized workplaces, I know that most long-term care facilities acro

Human Resources committee  I definitely agree with Laura. Congratulations on the great hiring initiative that was done last summer. It actually pushed Ontario to do one as well. Good on you for being the first. There's a lot more flexibility, it seems, in Quebec than there is in many other provinces in

Human Resources committee  I was just going to say yes.

Human Resources committee  I totally agree. I have nothing to add.

Human Resources committee  I would have to agree with Laura. Laura and I are friends outside of this as well, so we see things eye to eye on a lot of different issues, which is great. I would agree about having the individual envelopes. I think one of the ways we really have to look at this from the feder

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. Thank you very much MP Falk. It's nice to see you. Personal support workers across our nation are called something different in almost every single province. In Nova Scotia they're referred to as continuing care assistants. In New Brunswick they're PSWs and health ca

Human Resources committee  No, not at all.

Human Resources committee  Good afternoon and thank you very much for having me here today. As was just said, I'm Miranda Ferrier. I'm the CEO of the Canadian Support Workers Association. We represent over 67,000 personal support workers and support workers, which have different names in almost every prov

Health committee  Thank you.

Health committee  I have lots of ideas. I actually worked in a lockdown unit in a long-term care facility—I'm specialized in mental health and dementia—and I had my nose broken by an 80-pound old lady, who threw me across the room. I was alone on an overnight shift, and I was one worker with 32 r