Thank you. I'll watch my time so that I can leave a question for my colleague as well.
I certainly want to acknowledge the challenges that we're facing. Without a doubt, it affects all of society. The climate crisis is real. It's having a direct impact. Geopolitical realities are having a direct impact. It's incredibly difficult. That having been said, I just want to make a couple of quick points to try to bring in and tie up some of the things I've heard.
Ms. Callahan, we have met before. I just want to briefly touch on the point of ageism. It is very real—I well know. I will tell you that, when I'm meeting with seniors groups and as the Liberal chair of the national seniors caucus, I go in prepared because there isn't a group that comes in more determined in their points and better organized than older persons. I certainly respect what you bring forward.
I want to quickly touch on the point about the role that older persons can play in the labour force as support. This is something that, at a party level, we speak about often. It is one of the priorities that we're bringing forward as well—what we have heard in rural areas of the province and how we're able to continue to support seasonal work or sectors that are absolutely necessary and essential for economic growth.
How important is it that older persons in communities are able to rejoin the workplace to provide that very essential frontline support?