Status of Women committee  Feelings of isolation and loneliness are common to many seniors and have a big impact. Our association and other similar organizations try to help them overcome that. You brought up technology, so here's one for you: a 19th-century invention called the telephone. The telephone

Status of Women committee  The AQDR strongly recommends that the current formula for federal health transfers be adjusted to include a variable that takes into account the aging population. We recommend as well that the government continue paying guaranteed income supplement benefits to the surviving spou

Status of Women committee  Madam Chair and members of the Standing Committee on the Status of Women, I'm very pleased to be meeting with you today on behalf of the Association québécoise de défense des droits des personnes retraitées et préretraitées, or AQDR for short. Joining me is Geneviève Tremblay-Rac