Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
Thank you, Mr. Daniel, for letting me grab your spot. I have a couple of specific questions I want to ask.
I agree with Ms. Charlton. In this study, we're going to look at two different types of older workers. We're going to look at individuals 55 to 64 who have lost a job and want and need to keep working. What are the challenges around that and what we can do for them?
My second question is, what about people who want to continue to work beyond 65 into their 70s? I'll give you the example of one of my constituents in a minute.
I want to start with this example: I'm 55 years old. I've lost my job. I walk into a Service Canada office to file my EI claim. Beyond processing the actual claim...I may have worked for a company for 25 years, but something has happened—they've gone out of business, or downsized, whatever—I've lost this job due to no fault of my own.
What else are we presently doing to help that individual find a job, or transition, or retrain, or whatever, either by Service Canada delivering that directly, or by partnering with the provinces, if we've provided funding to the provinces, to run employment centres that are working with older workers, specifically that 55 to 65 age range?
These are people who want to and need to continue to work for 10 more years, and may have to transition to finish. Walk me through what we do for that 55-year-old Canadian who walks into our offices to make that claim. What else do we do to help them become re-employed?