Human Resources committee  Access to health care and social services was definitely difficult during the pandemic. It was hard to make a doctor's appointment. All kinds of minor and major operations that had been scheduled, such as hip replacements or knee problems, were postponed. Elderly people often hav

Human Resources committee  I'm sorry, Mr. Lauzon, but we haven't heard about that. Even if we had, it wouldn't have changed much. So many promises are made in politics that sometimes we wonder what's really happening. I'm not trying to be sarcastic and not aiming at any particular political party; I'm not

Human Resources committee  Unfortunately, we didn't ask them about that in the most recent survey we conducted of members of our association in the spring. We are now analyzing the results of the survey. We have a number of figures to analyze, because the survey was divided into several parts. At the mome

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  It's possible. I don't remember everything that we discussed, but I know that the data don't necessarily represent Quebec. I understand that you have some data, but it doesn't necessarily reflect our perception of things. In fact, this increase is welcomed by people 75 years and

Human Resources committee  According to our survey, seniors are demanding more services in residences. They want more autonomy and they want services that meet their expectations. They want to be listened to. They no longer want to be treated like children. We often receive complaints from people in resid

Human Resources committee  If I may, Mr. Chair, I would like to reiterate Ms. Newman's comments. Seniors living in rural areas often lose their autonomy more quickly because their relatives live in cities that are not anywhere near them. Seniors live alone in their home or in a seniors residence. They have

Human Resources committee  We're just as concerned as you are, Ms. Gazan. We would have liked to hear a valid reason from the minister's representatives. We have a lot of questions. I find it hard to see how you can put people 65 and over in a separate category, especially when, as I mentioned, 60% of them

Human Resources committee  Yes, Ms. Falk, the pandemic was very difficult for Quebec seniors. They suffered enormously from the confinement. There was a social split, if I can use this term even though I know it's not the right one. In other words, they were kept alone and isolated from their families. The

Human Resources committee  It would be very helpful if the federal government, regardless of the party in power, could understand that 65‑year-olds are in as much financial difficulty as 75‑year-olds. I don't see why seniors should be divided into two citizen classes.

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much, Mr. Dong. I couldn't say whether that program's been used. There's usually a call for projects, but we haven't seen any in Quebec during the pandemic. Normally, when the federal government issues a call for projects for seniors, a lot of Quebec agencies subm

Human Resources committee  Of course. We'd really like to know. The only answer we've received is that 65‑year-olds are better off than 75‑year-olds.

Human Resources committee  We don't really see ourselves as opposing the federal government, but we want the funding allocated to Quebec for those expenditures actually to be used to fund the services that are delivered, particularly in home care and home support. When the Liberal government was in power

Human Resources committee  We've seen that many more seniors in English Canada stay at home, whereas more Quebec seniors live in CHSLDs or RPAs, the private seniors' residences. We've been privatizing home care services for some years now by transferring them to private seniors' residences. There have als

Human Resources committee  We discussed that when we met with people from the office of the federal Minister of Seniors, and we asked them why the increase applied solely to seniors 75 and over. They implied that it was because people 65 to 74 years of age were financially better off.