Justice committee  Thank you, Madam Chair. Only 6% of calls come from people in long-term care or institutionalized care in general. We're not sure if that's because they are fewer issues that come with those who are in long-term care residences or if it's because we don't have the means to reach

Justice committee  We agree with Graham Webb's recommendation to add a new provision to the Criminal Code. Above all, we want law enforcement to follow up on seniors' complaints. Police seldom return to follow up once a complaint has been made. Even when seniors complain to police about the lack of

Justice committee  All right. Since the question was asked in French, I will answer in French. The Senior Safe Act came into force in the wake of an initiative by the State of Maine, the Senior$afe training program. The program came about because Maine is the state with the largest senior populat

Justice committee  No. It pertains solely to the financial exploitation of seniors.

Justice committee  Yes. They are protected only if they have taken the training. The first step is to train bank officers, and they are then given a list of individuals to whom they can report these crimes.

Justice committee  I actually looked for those statistics. The act was introduced in 2018, and the only statistics I found were for the state of Maine. They show the program has been successful. It's still somewhat of a grey area; I wasn't able to find any clear statistics. According to the informa

Justice committee  My understanding is that it is a federal act. The Senior$afe training program exists only in the state of Maine, but it was the inspiration for the national law introduced by the federal government.

Justice committee  Yes, that would be helpful. Thank you.

Justice committee  It would be helpful if I echo, I think it was, Bénédicte Schoepflin, the executive director of the Canadian Network for the Prevention of Elder Abuse, who suggested having mediators. Because reporting is difficult, people are afraid of going to the police. When they go to the pol

Justice committee  I'll defer to Eric Clavier on this question. Just so you know, we do not engage in criminal law. For the definition of elder abuse, we have followed the definition that was provided before by an ebook published by the B.C. Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General in 2013.

Justice committee  We have not really put our minds to it, but Eric Clavier might have more to say on this.

Justice committee  Requests for legal assistance have boomed. The funding hasn't really followed. It has been limited because it comes from the law foundation and they do what they can. We hear a lot about abuse of powers of attorney and abuse related to joint tenancies. Maybe I will provide more

Justice committee  Madam Chair, I don't think the issue is necessarily with reporting but with follow-through. What we're hearing from our workers is that when there is a report to police, no steps are taken. People do not hear back. As we mentioned, there is little follow-up done, except in smal

Justice committee  Yes. One of the questions we see is the presence of relatives as interpreters at a bank. When older adults want to open a joint account and they serve as interpreters at the bank, it is problematic. Obviously, they should not be in that room. We see that also with seniors who

Justice committee  I will, Madam Chair. Thank you.