Thank you, Mr. Chairman. There is no doubt. I think I mentioned in my answer to Mr. Arvaluk that we are aware of an elders' group which is trying to set up operations on a regional basis in the Northwest Territories. They could perhaps be called upon to assist with this sort of program. It could certainly be considered on a regional basis. This recommendation is not saying it's limited to only one location. We are saying that there should be at least that one. If there are more, that's fine. Part of the problem we found was not just with elders not being able to get the information, but even people who were helping to care for them often couldn't find out specific information about programs which were designed to assist elders.
We're saying that we need to have one person, at least one person, who can answer all of the questions that might come up. For instance, when we were in three or four of the regions, we ran into people who were unable to find out through the Social Service office how to get in touch with somebody to deal with problems they were having with Canada Pension. Even the social workers in the community didn't have all the answers. We want to make sure that there is a number that an elder can call to talk to a social service worker and the social service worker has a source for information. We found that too often the information just wasn't available to anybody in the community, let alone to the elder. I think that it's important that we recognize that. That's what we're hoping will be addressed with this. I think that you'll find that we would welcome having things set up on a more regional basis.