Grey Bruce Organizations are leading the way in a provincial campaign for seniors advocate.
The Canadian Federation of University Women and the United Senior Citizens of Ontario Zone 9 including Grey and Bruce Counties have launched a campaign to make an independent Seniors Advocate a reality in Ontario.
The provincial CFUW and USCO organizations approved resolutions last year to call on the provincial government to create an independent Seniors Advocate which has already been seen across Canada including in British Columbia and Newfoundland and Labrador.
In a joint release, the organizations say an independent Seniors’ Advocate would seek input from the public about issues related to aging, monitor the effects of provincial policy and legal changes on the experience of aging in Ontario, and make recommendations that would address the needs of particularly vulnerable seniors, such as newcomers and low-income seniors.
Representatives of CFUW Owen Sound and USCO Zone 9 recently met with Grey-Bruce-Owen Sound MPP Paul Vickers about the need for an independent Seniors’ Advocate.
