I think as a government we should be doing everything we can to deal with our housing situation in communities, but also to ensure we do have barrier-free houses in communities for our aging population. I think that as a government, sure, we can provide home care, but if we don’t provide the environment for people to age and also to accommodate the mobility issues that come with aging, you have to at some point make a decision that these people are going to need a special type of housing.

I’d like to ask the Minister exactly…. I know I’ve raised this with the Housing Corporation — to look at different types of housing for different segments of our population. I think seniors’ housing, by simply putting a facility in a community, opens up more housing accommodation for other members of the community by way of allowing families to be able to have access to houses that seniors may live in. If a senior moves into, say, a dwelling that is designed for seniors, it opens up that housing in that community for families and other members of the community. So again, I’d like to ask exactly why it is that we’re not doing more to enhance that type of

housing in communities so people can stay in their communities to be close to their families, and also to ensure they have houses that are designed and meant for barrier-free access for people who are aging.