Taylor Clark

LJI Reporter

The Corporation de l’âge d’or d’Aylmer has launched a petition to bring the lack of services and activities for seniors in the sector to the attention of future elected officials and Gatineau’s administration.

The petition cites feelings of neglect compared to seniors in other sectors. “We have an imminent need for change in Aylmer. The area is being filled with elderly people by building huge and very expensive buildings for them, but there is no increase in the services and activities being offered in Aylmer,” reads the petition.

It emphasizes the need for the creation of recreational, sporting, social, charitable, and other activities to enrich the minds of seniors, some of whom still have feelings of isolation following COVID-19.

The petition stresses the need for an outdoor shuffleboard court and shallow swimming pool for aqua fitness, as well as improvements to the Centre communautaire Ernest-Lattion on rue Court, which is described as having “enormous design and maintenance problems.”

Along with brighter outdoor lighting, the corporation is calling for the addition of a sidewalk on rue Court, adequate snow removal, better signage, and regulation of its parking lot and garbage bins to deter non-member usage.

The petition can be signed at the Centre communautaire Ernest-Lattion on rue Court until May 31.

Photo caption: The Corporation de l’âge d’or d’Aylmer is calling on future elected officials to address the needs of seniors in the Aylmer sector.

Photo credit: Corporation de l’âge d’or d’Aylmer Facebook