Government Operations committee  From our perspective, we also see it as a service. It's really important as far as community engagement and community growth and understanding are concerned. It's important to make the another comment, which is that we don't really see just a sort of status quo, as in “let's hang on to what was”.

Government Operations committee  Thank you, and thank you for this opportunity. Certainly, from the Saskatchewan Seniors Mechanism's perspective, we wanted to ensure that we spent a moment just trying to provide some characterization of the older adults whom we serve in Saskatchewan. We certainly know from our members and from our feedback that older adults prefer to stay in their communities, stay in their homes as long as possible, and maintain their independence, and they look for and have varying needs for services, depending on where they choose to live.