I’m talking specifically about professionals. I’m glad the Minister also agrees that all residents of the North should speak up, but under a duty to report it would protect professionals who interact with the elderly and dependent adults, and with this duty to report it would have clear guidelines for action, intervention and protection, along with adding a professional capacity to investigate such reports.

In my research, I’ve noticed that both Nova Scotia and Newfoundland have an Adult Protection Act. Nova Scotia’s came into effect June 2014.

Can I ask the Minister when he directed his department to look into this? Are they reviewing these two jurisdictions who are leading right now in Canada?