I would say the cost of not acting is the 40,000 children in British Columbia today who are living with situations of risk, whose development is compromised because we have decided not to invest in their future. There are 40,000 children whose dear little eyes we ought to be looking at and saying, “We've decided your future isn't important and worth investing in,” and that breaks my heart.
On September 28th, 2009. See this statement in context.