Human Resources committee  Are you speaking to me or to our MP?

Human Resources committee  With regard to some of the other initiatives that are starting in Langley?

Human Resources committee  I mentioned the age-friendly communities. The Township of Langley has formally become an age-friendly community. There is a formal designation, and there is quite a process to obtaining that. It looks at the World Health Organization definition for “age-friendly communities”, a

Human Resources committee  That's very good. There are a number of action tables in Langley. Some of them are driven by the health authority, and some of them by local interest groups. They look at different things, like housing and transportation. In terms of transportation, Langley Lodge participated wi

Human Resources committee  We share a bus—we share a few buses, actually—that are wheelchair accessible. We joined as members of the co-op. It's been very successful. Instead of each organization having to own a bus, we can rent the bus. We have our own drivers. This is the bus that we're using for the n

Human Resources committee  Should the federal government, all levels of government, look at policies through a seniors lens?

Human Resources committee  Yes, they should. In the age-friendly communities design, which we have done in Langley...I was involved in a committee that took our township through those steps to become an age-friendly community. That is one of the measures of an age-friendly community. That's a good suggest

Human Resources committee  Yes, we have the new horizons program. We just started it this summer, but I think it could grow significantly. We're not looking at tremendous resources, because it is volunteer driven and volunteer supported. I think it is something that could be rolled out across Canada, that

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  I haven't seen the funds flowing yet. We've just had a provincial election. I think they're trying to get everything rolling. There's a cap on home care of four hours per day. That's just tremendously inadequate. If we're talking about—

Human Resources committee  That's provincial.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  That's the absolute upper limit, yes.

Human Resources committee  Not yet.

Human Resources committee  It has to be so many more things. There have to be more hours available and more flexibility in how it's delivered, having people assigned to go to the same homes instead of a different person every day, three times a week. Overnight and on weekends, people need home care. What