Thank you.
I'm going to take the next five-minute round here. I just want to ask some questions.
I have three questions for you, Mr. Sharpe, relating to labour mobility, supply and demand, and retirement. I found them all interesting points. We have the National Council of Welfare suggesting maybe a minimum wage of $10 an hour. I believe in your comments--and I just want you to comment on whether you think that makes sense--you said that in supply and demand and labour markets, adjustments happen to fit needs. So regarding a minimum wage, do you feel the market will adequately adjust for that, or are there certain circumstances, etc.?
The second question concerns mobility and certainly relocation and some of these other things. I know we talked about licensing. I realize that's a provincial issue, so my question is not really so much about that. What are some other things the government can do to help with the issue of labour mobility? It was suggested at one of our meetings, or maybe by some people who came to see me, that maybe we should have the ability to write off two residences. It's very difficult when people are leaving to actually pick up and go. It's not quite fair. I think when people want to remain where they're from, that's very reasonable. What do you suggest for that?
The third question revolves around retirement. There were some interesting ideas about retirement and eliminating retirement ages. Are you suggesting they maybe we adjust work weeks? What are some of the things we might look at? What would some of your suggestions be specifically about dealing with older workers and about incentives? What does that look like? I'll just give you those three questions to work through.