Bonnie-Jeanne MacDonald, PhD, FCIA, FSA, Director of Financial Security Research at the National Institute on Ageing (NIA), discusses The Future Co$t of Long-Term Care in Canada, the second of three reports in a series by the NIA, CIA, and other partners. This paper looks at the projected cost of long-term care in Canada, and how it will affect both public finances and the situations of individual Canadians.