Justice committee  First of all, I think the definition is so broad that unintended people are captured, so certainly narrowing the definition within the long-term care space—

Justice committee  I think it would be much improved over what we have today, yes.

Justice committee  If the bill were to go forward, yes, that would be correct.

Justice committee  I'm not sure I would agree. We are reacting to a terrible situation with emotion, which is understandable, but we have to think why this situation occurred. All of the witnesses here today have outlined what those reasons were: the understaffing, the lack of PPE—which is supplie

Justice committee  I am happy to go first if you like, Jodi. Certainly in British Columbia, where we have one-third government-owned and operated, one-third for-profit and one-third not-for-profit, there was no discernible difference in the incidence of mortality in care homes based on the ownersh

Justice committee  It's a complex question, and I think that is why there is a need for a thorough consultation to understand it. We all understand the motivation behind the bill, but to understand the best mechanism to accomplish the goals would, I think, require extensive stakeholder consultation

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, and good day to members of the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights. I'm coming to you today from beautiful Kamloops, British Columbia, in Secwépemcúl’ecw, the traditional territory of the Tk'emlúps te Secwe̓pemc first nation. My name is Terry La

Justice committee  Absolutely, and we started raising hours of care when I was minister. That has continued under the current government and, to their credit, the current government in British Columbia has instituted wage levelling, so that everyone essentially is getting paid the same wage for doi

Justice committee  Well, the biggest incident of elder abuse in our country was the lack of people to take care of our elders during the pandemic.

Justice committee  In British Columbia, and I think it's fairly similar across the country, it takes about eight months to be certified as a health care assistant. These programs are extremely important and the sooner we start them, the better. We have a similar program in the province of British

Justice committee  Thank you, Mr. Sarai. Our president, Aly Devji, has the same background you do. His family started a care home in Delta. He has been there since he was about 10 weeks old, so he has a similar background. The contracted providers have to provide a number of hours of care per day

Justice committee  We have to remember that seniors care in Canada, in almost all cases, is publicly funded for their care component but not the hospitality component. Providers can only provide the level of care that governments are willing to invest in. When we talk about not being able to have s

Justice committee  All our members are contracted to the provincial government through health authorities, and they're very highly regulated. For instance, all inspection reports of long-term care are available on the health authority websites. We have patient care quality officers whom families ca

Justice committee  That is an interesting question and one that's quite challenging. When I talked about the professionalization of health care aides or personal support workers, you could include more training on elder abuse and recognizing situations in which family members may be taking advant

Justice committee  I would defer to other members of the panel. I think their expertise lies more in this area, Monsieur Fortin.