Human Resources committee  It is a different perspective, but the way to embrace the ageing population is to provide opportunities to engage them so that they can show that ageism is not warranted, that all the myths are just that--myths. Just to talk about it is one thing, but we have to provide opportun

Human Resources committee  But it's in a positive and constructive way, not just telling everyone to say “There, there, dear” and that type of thing.

Human Resources committee  They have a lot to contribute. My point is let them contribute.

Human Resources committee  I think we need some political leadership. We don't see seniors or even older Canadians referred to very often. We don't have a seniors minister. We have a seniors secretariat that seems pretty ineffective right now. We don't have a seniors council, which was promised. Governme

Human Resources committee  We've done a few studies and there have been others. I don't think caregivers need incentives. I was a caregiver twice: once for my mother—

Human Resources committee  I don't have dollar figures, but I can tell you that going back to my own experience, if I hadn't been there 24/7 for my mother, she would have been in an institution. And if I hadn't been there for my brother, he probably would have been more in the hospital than at home.

Human Resources committee  They would be ten times higher, plus the fact that caregivers are the core of the home care system. So if we're going to have an effective home care system, as we were talking about other areas, we have to have respect for the caregivers.

Human Resources committee  May I add that there is a program for palliative end-of-life care, and my understanding is that the government is surprised it's not taken advantage of more often. First, many people don't know about it, but more to the point, you have to have worked within that year. So if som

Human Resources committee  As a kind of basis for what you're asking, governments tend to look at how much money is going out to seniors, and never look at the other side of the equation of how much comes back in income tax and GST into the economy. So it's a very skewed perspective to not do that.

Human Resources committee  Just to tell you briefly, we did a presentation at the House of Commons pre-budget finance committee, and we actually told Mr. St-Cyr that we supported that bill.

Human Resources committee  I think maybe you misunderstood what we were saying, because we certainly are totally against mandatory retirement. We think it has to be choice, and what we're missing now is choice when there is mandatory retirement. We get calls almost every day. At a conference we had last we

Human Resources committee  First of all, I think we have to be careful not to pit one generation against another.

Human Resources committee  I know you're not doing that, but we want to make sure you know we think that. Again, in talking about a holistic and integrated approach, we're talking here about employability. But at CARP, we also try to promote a better pension system, so people's choices aren't based on jus

Human Resources committee  Absolutely, it's a risk. It's the same thing as the provinces getting rid of nurses. Now there's a crisis, and there aren't enough nurses. You can't just snap your fingers and reverse the situation. I want to point out, you may be having two children, or three children, if you h

Human Resources committee  We use the words “integrated” and “holistic” a lot at CARP. In this situation, it's very applicable. Let me start with the second comment you made. The announcement in social development is a step in the right direction, not more than that, in our view. We're pleased that at le