My question is to the Minister for Seniors and Accessibility. June is Seniors Month in Ontario and I was honoured to have the minister and his parliamentary assistant in my community last Friday to kick off Seniors Month at my seniors’ Community Connections Expo held in Newmarket.

Seniors’ Month is a time to recognize the contribution of seniors in our province and to respect and celebrate the work that seniors have done and what they are doing in our communities. The theme for 2023 is “Working for Seniors.” Our government is making great progress in helping seniors to stay independent, active and socially connected. However, it is vital to the health and well-being of Ontario’s seniors that our government continues to support initiatives that will help to keep our older adults engaged in their communities.

Speaker, can the minister please explain the importance of Seniors Month and how it helps to properly recognize the contributions of seniors in our communities?

As we are coming to adjourn, I would like to wish everyone a very happy and joyful summer. This July marks the fifth year that we celebrate Egyptian Heritage Month in Ontario. I would like to take the opportunity to invite all the members to join us here in July for the many events we’ll be doing. Stay tuned. We will email everybody about the activities. And, as well, there’s a big Egyptian festival, on the 25th and 26th of August, in Celebration Square.