Status of Women committee  My problem with the awareness campaign is that it has raised some awareness, but it's more focused on having others report somewhere rather than helping seniors and supporting seniors to reach out to get the support. So it's not what I'm going to call the “talk to the senior” p

Status of Women committee  I personally want, as I mentioned in the proposal I'm making to you about amending the bill that's amending PIPEDA, to really look at how these players can better support the seniors and get them, as the customers or victims, to be heard more. Instead of the banks reporting off t

Status of Women committee  I can tell you that in the Ontario legislation, there are supports for the workers, but I totally agree with Dr. Armstrong that they can't really use it. The legislation provides for supports for them; it's just not implemented because of the culture.

Status of Women committee  I really can't give you a good answer one way or the other. I just don't know enough about the funding.

Status of Women committee  I'm going to talk about the Ontario situation, but it's comparable in other provinces. I don't know the details on other provinces. So the senior goes into hospital with an acute episode. She's at the hospital and has now gone through the acute episode. Now she's ready to leave t

Status of Women committee  I'm not going to be able to give you a good response, because I'm a lawyer, I'm a practitioner, I'm on the ground, and I see a lot of people struggling with the systems they're working in. I can't say necessarily that it's inefficiencies. People are doing a lot more with less now

Status of Women committee  More protectionist legislation is not going to fix the elder abuse. It's a band-aid, in my opinion. That's my experience in looking at the adult protection legislation that's in some of the provinces in Canada. I also have had information from Charmaine Spencer, who I know also

Status of Women committee  I do believe we need a housing policy. There are some people who will need alternative housing, either to get away from the abusers or because.... I'm living in Toronto, and I have a lot of clients who are house rich, cash poor. They live in these houses that are falling down aro

Status of Women committee  Okay. So there are the PIPEDA amendments, and also, I would say in summary, there's a need for funding for legal aid. My centre has been the only legal aid service for seniors for 25 years. There's now one in British Columbia, and there's a little unit in Alberta. I think there'

Status of Women committee  I too want to thank you for giving me the opportunity to present to you. I apologize for the lack of a written submission. I only got the call last week to present, but I will be providing some other written material for your review. I want to give you a context for my remarks.