While several groups — including l’Association québécoise de défense des droits des personnes retraitées et préretraitées (AQDR) — urged the minister, Tuesday, to give the bill more teeth, Quebec’s Research Chair on Elder Abuse suggested that mandatory whistleblowing, a cumbersome process accompanied by sanctions, would, in fact, make people wait much longer before denouncing, because they’d want to be absolutely sure it was necessary.
Flagging seniors’ abuse should be mandatory in Quebec, committee hears
