Status of Women committee  Thank you. I'll answer in English if that's okay.

Status of Women committee  About transportation, again, I haven't studied Laval's example, but it's a really good example of making transport accessible. The piece I would stress from our project on isolation is the social aspects, and I think that echoes what you were trying to say. Transportation is no

Status of Women committee  I haven't evaluated any of these programs, so I can't speak directly to how those particular programs have made an impact, but what I can say is that in the stories that we saw, for example in homelessness among older women, the trajectory into homelessness for women was often ge

Status of Women committee  Thank you. I'll echo your point on compensation. I think that's a valid position that I would have as well. Where I would go is even less practical than where you're going, but the question this raises for me, from a life course perspective, is that we need to know more about w

Status of Women committee  I think the pertinent question for this committee, as well, is about poverty and eliminating poverty earlier in the life course. There are various ways that one could think about that. Some of it, I suppose, really comes back to care and labour, women being compensated for care w

Status of Women committee  Thank you for the question. There are a number of issues there. The point I would like to come back to is exactly what you're talking about: the intersections and how, for example, the intersections between the social locations of migrant women may differ even within that. For e

Status of Women committee  Probably the most pressing issue with relation to homelessness and older people is about recognition and making sure that older people, both men and women, can access housing that's safe, affordable and sustainable. We have the program housing first. That often hasn't been though

Status of Women committee  I will set my timer.

Status of Women committee  Okay. Good morning, and thank you for the invitation. My name is Amanda Grenier. I am a professor in health, aging and society, as well as the Gilbrea Chair in aging and mental health, and the director of the Gilbrea Centre at McMaster University. I am here today to draw your