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We all know how the pandemic has really highlighted the need for additional workers in long-term care facilities and assisted-living services. There really are workforce challenges in the supportive care sector, and that's what this is all about. This funding is to create a program. We will ultimately be working with Colleges & Institutes Canada to develop and implement an accelerated online training program for approximately 4,000 new personal support workers. It will have an online component and an integrated learning component, and it will be offered at no cost to the trainees. This is really la relève, the next wave of workers into this system, which we're hoping to professionalize and which we expect will lead to higher wages. We're hoping that these individuals will pursue careers in this field post-pandemic and will increase the capacity. It will really make the training for personal support workers consistent across the country. I'm very excited about this one. This is really good news for Canada.