Thank you.
Thank you to all the witnesses. It's really difficult to try to narrow down questions in this very short period of time, but I will actually begin with Ms. McLellan and Ms. Raitt, because I want to focus on the rural economic trends because I come from Newfoundland and Labrador. Obviously it's a very big physical space with a very small population and a disproportionate population of older persons. We also have the economic opportunity around clean energy, wind, hydrogen and essential critical minerals that reside within rural aspects of rural parts of the province. We have to grow population. At the same time, we don't always have the housing, access to health care, transportation and all those other necessities to really engage a new population to remain in the area. We have challenges.
What I'm really interested in is how we can work across municipalities, how we can engage civil society, community sectors, and really navigate with data and with that long-term view how it is we're going to manage this economic opportunity, while understanding we are a rural province for the most part.
Either of you can chime in if you want to.