Thank you very much, Mr. Chair.
First of all, thank you very much, Minister, for joining us today.
You have some real challenges ahead of you in your portfolio, and I commend your efforts in reaching out and speaking directly to the seniors who are impacted. In particular, we had a very successful meeting with a large number of seniors at the Aurora Seniors Centre just recently, so I'm sure you're finding that very informative in your challenges in terms of what we've commonly heard as “the grey tsunami”. That's going to add to the number of clients you'll be serving, but it will also aggravate the labour shortage of people who are serving an aging population. In fact, I'm sure you will have received a copy of our recent labour shortage study in the care economy.
Thank you for being here and sharing your information with us.
The pandemic shone a light on the tragic and awful conditions in long-term care facilities. Can you please outline how our government has stepped up to provide national leadership to improve the quality of care in long-term care facilities?