Mr. Speaker, it is a question that follows in part the question raised by the hon. member for Mercier. We have now negotiated with the provinces over 15 different strategic initiatives that have provided opportunities for over 30,000 Canadians to find innovative ways to go back to work.
For example, in Prince Edward Island, 2,000 Canadians who have mental disabilities are now being integrated back into the community and into the workforce. In the member's own province of New Brunswick we have been able to supply through the New Brunswick job core opportunities for over 1,000 older workers to get back into the workforce.
I would like to quote a letter I received from a gentleman who is working with a boy's club who said: "I have waited 50 years for a job like this. I really enjoy working with kids. It is the best thing that has ever happened to me. It is a real blessing". That is the kind of innovation we want to show in getting people back to work.