Status of Women committee  You've got two conflicting ideas going on. The city, for economic reasons, would like to put a big campus in a central place within the whole south of Winnipeg. Meanwhile, city planners and the people—

Status of Women committee  Yes, city planners would like to have community centres so everybody can walk to them.

Status of Women committee  I'm sure there is. You mentioned the Good Neighbours arrangement with the Bronx community club. We have talked to the city about that kind of partnership. The city is kind of cool on that these days because they don't see it working particularly well. In the case of Pembina Acti

Status of Women committee  Yes, I think so. I think it's right because we've got a large component of seniors in this country. In some areas, like Manitoba, they've got even more than their share. I think governments are going to have to deal with it because those folks vote.

Status of Women committee  We have a speaker series, which is open to everybody, to talk about topics that are of interest to seniors, as Alanna mentioned, like driving, medication and all those kinds of things. However, we're probably not nearly as comprehensive as we should be to completely address the i

Status of Women committee  No, we don't, and we really haven't connected all that well with people who speak a different language. That is one of the things we want to address with this grant. We want to figure out how to reach new Canadians, for example, and people who speak a different language, and to s

Status of Women committee  Certainly core funding would make a difference if it was ongoing. We've been depending largely on project funding. The New Horizons grant that we recently got is really an outreach grant. We want to outreach to new Canadians, the indigenous population, the rainbow population and

Status of Women committee  I think all of the evidence suggests that if you keep people active, particularly seniors, they spend less time in hospitals, doctors' offices and care homes. The economics in favour of keeping people active are overwhelmingly in favour of spending public money that way. I don't

Status of Women committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. I would like to begin by thanking this committee for inviting us, Pembina Active Living, to appear before you. My name is Bob Roehle, and I'm the President of Pembina Active Living. Beside me is Alanna Jones. She's our long-term Executive Director. As a