Quebec Community Groups Network: Sylvia Martin-Laforge

Quebec Dept: That's the premise of the Quebec Community Groups Network, an umbrella group of English-speaking community organizations that serve all age groups in the province. It will embark on a three-year research project to identify problems that inhibit access to government services, continuing education, housing, leisure activities and other types of services for Quebec's 132,485 English-speakers over the age of 65, according to Montreal Gazette. "Everything points to a need to have English-speaking seniors visible in public policy in Quebec," Sylvia Martin-Laforge, executive director of the QCGN, said after attending Blais's news conference in Montreal and quebec seniors need services and support to help them stay active and remain at home, and, if they're English-speaking older Quebecers, they also need a voice in this province. It's one of 73 community-based projects aimed at helping seniors remain autonomous that will split $5.8 million in Quebec government funding, Marguerite Blais, the minister responsible for seniors, announced Sunday. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.