Replying to Claude DeBellefeuille (Bloc Québécois)
“Mr. Speaker, I want to congratulate the member for Kildonan—St. Paul on introducing this bill. I commend her for raising awareness about the fact that seniors, especially those living with dementia, need the support of their community and all members of society to help them safely navigate this difficult stage of life. I am curious to know why Manitoba does not have a silver alert system in place. Quebec has a system that works extremely well, and Ontario has one too. The two neighbouring provinces are already working together. I am not convinced that a national standard would improve the alert service we already have in Quebec. I am curious to know what is happening in Manitoba. Does the RCMP have a resource problem? I would like my colleague to explain why this debate is not taking place in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba.”
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Mr. Speaker, Claims · 179 wordsI believe Manitoba has a similar silver alert framework to Quebec.1Unless there has been a new development that I am not aware of, Quebec’s silver alert, like Manitoba’s, will go on police websites and social media.2It notifies through a paper or electronic route, but not on our phones like an Amber alert or a tornado warning.Unless there has been a change in Quebec, I believe that is the case.It does not currently alert to our phones that there is a missing senior.3There is a legislative framework that exists in Manitoba, 4but it has not been actioned to the level of cellular devices.It is just online.As I mentioned in my remarks, a silver alert technically went out for Mr. Moberg, 5but it was just the online alert.That is what Manitoba is calling its silver alert.What I am calling a silver alert in the bill is more about the cellular device capabilities that we see with Amber alerts, tornado warnings and things like that.I think Manitoba and Quebec have similar things.Reasoning · 23 wordsThe problem is that they are not alerting people who are not necessarily paying attention to those notification boards.That is the problem.
