Finance committee  Thank you very much. Thank you, Mr. Chair. Thank you for the opportunity of presenting our pre-budget recommendations. CARP is a national non-profit, non-partisan organization with over 300,000 members across the country with whom we are in constant communication. Retirement

Justice committee  I think the importance of this initiative is to start that conversation. When this bill was first announced, there was cross-country media coverage in newspapers and media of all languages. What it does is start the conversation in people's homes throughout the country. To have

Justice committee  As I said earlier, we have to be very cautious, because it is unlike child abuse, where teachers, doctors, and social workers have an absolute obligation to report. In the case of dealing with older Canadians, people who work in nursing homes and institutions have a duty under th

Justice committee  Part of deterrence is the likelihood of being caught. It's extremely important that people who are not really aware of their own behaviour have a recognition that this is an example of condemned behaviour. The likelihood of getting caught is important. This is why I obsess so muc

Justice committee  I do have an answer to that. The public service announcements found a great deal of favour. As you may know, we do poll our members—every two weeks, in fact. When the public service announcements were first put out, we put a link to the public service announcements and asked our

Justice committee  Thank you. I think there are lessons to be learned from our work in spousal abuse cases and child abuse cases, all of which have some application here. Similarly, in these circumstances, more often than not it is a relationship of trust. Of course, there's the problem that the v

Justice committee  I was ready to answer the previous question, and actually, it does answer your question as well, and that is, for example, a duty to report. Now, there are many drawbacks to a duty to report. People don't like the idea. It infantilizes the senior, so there are some objections.

Justice committee  I absolutely think so; otherwise I would leave it to the discretion of the judges. I think the importance of this approach is that it's very similar to the hate motivation circumstances where, if you look at the strict parameters of the event.... Let's say it's an assault that

Justice committee  I understand you. At the time that the provision 718.2 first got first put into the Criminal Code, my work was in anti-racism, and we wanted hate crime provisions put into the Criminal Code, obviously. They weren't put in, but the sentencing provisions were put in on the recogni

Justice committee  Thank you for the question. I was never a criminal lawyer, but I suppose my past clients might be considered criminals by some. I don't know exactly how that act should operate. From our perspective, prevention is the key, and from what we also understand, the purpose of this ex

Justice committee  I would disagree, simply because the types of sentences that were being handed out really shocked the conscience. People would look at that, and despite all the various excuses you could use—for example, that the person was the caregiver for the older person and therefore you cou

Justice committee  Well, it wouldn't mean anything else.

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I'm very pleased to appear before the committee today to support Bill C-36. CARP is a national non-profit, non-partisan organization with 55 chapters and over 300,000 members across the country. We focus on improving the quality of life for all Canadia

Finance committee  At this point, there is already a lot of migration from defined benefit plans to defined contribution plans in the general sector, which is why people are not getting the vehicles that help them save for retirement. I think it's important for us to look at the broader picture. W

Finance committee  On the issue of management costs, there was quite a lot of study in Ontario by the expert panel. When they were looking at the publicly managed funds, such as the CPP, OMERS, or more recently the teachers' fund, they found that they had very low costs, and on top of that, they di