Well, I'm pretty sympathetic to the people who have been at a particular job their whole life and who all of a sudden, because of the real troubles we're experiencing in manufacturing and particularly forestry, find themselves without a job. We have commissioned an expert panel on older workers. Former Senator Cohen will be bringing forward recommendations pretty soon regarding that.
But the good news--and this isn't something I thought I would ever live to see--is that older workers are finding jobs. As well, wages are rising. Wages last month were up 4.1% as compared with last October. That's the biggest increase since we started keeping records. A lot of people are transitioning out of manufacturing and into construction-type jobs. People are making very good incomes going into trucking, for instance.
This is a very different labour market from what I experienced as a kid growing up. When a factory would close down, it would mean the end for the town. Today things have changed a lot. And it's good news.