Finance committee  I have just one quick thing to say, since I'm surrounded by such a diverse group of witnesses here: Don't underestimate the value an older workforce can bring. Certainly that's something we hear all the time. We hear that, unfortunately, ageist practices in employment are alive a

Finance committee  We believe 100% that it should be taken into account. The fact that we're living longer is no surprise to anyone. According to Statistics Canada, centenarians are actually the fastest-growing population, so that is really telling for all of us, and certainly what it looks like f

Finance committee  Could you repeat the first part? I do understand French, but—

Finance committee  This was in the case of the caregiver tax credit. This was in the case, for example, of adults who would be in their working years and unable to work. That sort of thing. In the case of my spouse, someone has to be at home and caring for this older adult. The challenge is that

Finance committee  My name is Jana Ray. Good afternoon. Thank you for inviting us to speak today. In the fall of 2018, we released our FACES platform. Some of you may be familiar with this document. It was our pre-election platform at that time. Within this document, 19 asks of government were mad