Veterans Affairs committee  Every study shows this, and any investment the government makes in home care is done because it's much cheaper. The longer we can keep someone at home, the better it is in terms of cost. There's no doubt about it. There is a checklist, which is yay long. There are just so many

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Gaudet, I would like to add the following. If you and I, together with the seniors' organizations in your riding, used electoral lists to find out exactly where neglected seniors are living, we could put together a group to meet with them. I think that's the solution. I would

Veterans Affairs committee  All I want is to see if they have needs and to define these needs. It's what I would call screening. But when you try to do screening, there can be problems with the Privacy Act. In my view, it is easiest for our small community organizations to reach these people, in their homes

Veterans Affairs committee  How many?

Veterans Affairs committee  I wouldn't have the statistics on the veterans who are 50 and up. But I believe the statistics are in existence for 65 and up. They're easily identified because of Service Canada and those statistics-gathering techniques and the method of counting.

Veterans Affairs committee  I would like to talk briefly about post-traumatic stress disorder. When a soldier applies to the Canadian Forces to obtain the status of veteran, I am convinced that psychologists analyze his file. In addition, before soldiers are deployed abroad, their abilities are evaluated t

Veterans Affairs committee  Mr. Chairman, I might add that in Ontario we are creating a system based on LHINs, Local Health Integrated Networks. They will bring together related services in a system resembling Quebec's local community service centres, which you are familiar with. That being said, the probl

Veterans Affairs committee  I don't want to get into Quebec's situation. I did not want to give you—

Veterans Affairs committee  That's correct, sir.

Veterans Affairs committee  I agree, I will not challenge that. However, in Ontario, we have taken great inspiration from the Quebec model for our approach. The francophone minority in Ontario has a small problem: in some areas of the province, the LHINs are comprised of community leaders, so what happens

Veterans Affairs committee  That's right.

Veterans Affairs committee  I would just like to add to or go over a few ideas. My president spoke about New Brunswick. I would like to take the opportunity to speak about the Montfort Hospital, which serves veterans and National Defence. Once again, this is a bilingual institution which is able to provide