Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I support the motion, although it's not perfect. It isn't a perfect world that we live in and if we were to wait until we understood fully and knew everything, a lot of damage could take place in that period of time.
I am satisfied from what I've heard and what people have said that this truly reflects some of the things that we've heard in our travels. I've seen the types of abuse being referred to here in the debate. Some of it is subtle and some of it not so subtle. When I was younger, I knew of older folk who were being physically abused for their pension cheques. There were other things done to them by younger people who lived with them or came to visit them. These things may not be totally on the criminal side; things that you couldn't really prove in a court. But it was enough to make life miserable and not let them experience the quality of life that our senior folk should expect.
Mr. Lewis said earlier that we hold elders in high regard, sometimes, when we need them. The rest of the time we kind of use them. Something like this will let seniors know their rights and let people know where the fine line is. We'll develop this as we go along. I would rather not wait until we had all the details ironed out. I would rather move on it by supporting this motion and getting something done. It is better to have a program that still needs to be developed, and, at least in part, we have something there already. I would support the motion. Thank you.