Ms. Deschamps, a thought occurred to me today as we were discussing this. As members of this committee know—most of the members who are here know—I have a son with autism. In the fall we voted on a private member's motion, motion number 172, by Andy Scott, regarding a national autism strategy. It was a very well-thought-out motion.
All three of the other parties voted for this motion, except yours, on the basis that it had the word “national” in it and you couldn't support that. Now you're introducing a bill that deals with an exclusively federal program. To me, it sounds a little bit like a political game. I'm just wondering how you justify that.