Human Resources committee  I don't have a lot of knowledge of the GIS and that whole process, but here's what I'm going to say. I think whatever we can do to help seniors, particularly those living in poverty, we need to assist them in every way that we can.

Human Resources committee  Yes. I think that's an absolutely excellent idea. For all of these issues, all of the questions you have asked me really link back to the issue of rights and doing what's right and what people need. National standards are one great example, but I'm going to go back to the point

Human Resources committee  I'm not a big fan of hiding behind the Constitution, and I think this is a time when we all have to work together. That was part of my opening comments. It's very important for the provinces to work with the federal government to look at this.

Human Resources committee  I probably wouldn't say “step on”, but, yes, I would agree.

Human Resources committee  Think of Jordan's principle, where we had to protect children after running into the same issues of the differences between provinces and territories and fighting between the federal government and the provinces.

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry. Your question is whether I am concerned about the financial precariousness of older people. Is that correct?

Human Resources committee  Of course we are. I think we're also very worried about older people and their access to funds, and the financial impact of COVID-19 on them. I think that's another area that we'll have to be watching to make sure that funding gets through to older people. Generally, we know tha

Human Resources committee  While they do fall under provincial responsibility, the point we are making broadly is that this needs to be looked at across all levels of government. It has to be looked at also in conjunction with what the federal government does and in the context of looking at the Canada Hea

Human Resources committee  From my perspective, which is as a human rights advocate, having access to the fundamentals of living is a basic right. We do have old age security and other programs in place. I think what's going to come out of the pandemic, however, are some of the things Dr. Rabheru mention

Human Resources committee  That's one of the problems we are facing right now, and it's one of the pieces that we're really going to have to examine as we go forward. Once we start to get all of the evidence together about where these real human rights abuses took place and what happened there, that's go

Human Resources committee  To begin with, the issue that's happening in long-term care is a perfect example of where we need federal leadership as well as working together with the provinces and the territories. There has to be quite a reckoning around long-term care as a result of what we've seen during t

Human Resources committee  I think we know there was an issue at the front end of this pandemic in terms of testing. Therefore, “testing, testing, testing” has to be a lesson learned from this, and however we can support the long-term care industry to do that is extremely important. If you don't mind, mig

Human Resources committee  This has been a very interesting and unusual pandemic in the sense that this virus has acted so differently from other viruses, so I believe the government was following the advice at the time. We have learned since then that there are many asymptomatic persons who are spreading

Human Resources committee  Thank you for this opportunity to speak with you. I'm Margaret Gillis, president of International Longevity Centre Canada, which I'm going to refer to as ILC Canada. It's an organization that advocates for the human rights of older people, and we are part of a 16-country global

Status of Women committee  I can't say all of them, right? I have to actually come up with one. You've put me on the spot. I think that trying to decrease the wage gap is a really important piece for women, because so many of the other determinants of health, and access to other things, fall out of that.