It's an interesting comment about not being judgmental. I would agree that we don't need to be judgmental. I would think as governments you have criteria that people apply under, and they either qualify or they don't. I don't know if that's judgmental, but that was what I was speaking about, the setting of the criteria.
When we set criteria for certain programs, we have to take into consideration whether the person is going to require life-long assistance. In the case of the families that I've met with kids with autism, oftentimes we're dealing with someone who will truly need life-long assistance. In some of the other situations that I've encountered, including a few personally close situations involving my foster brothers, we might be dealing with situations in which they just need an arm around them, situations in which they need someone to help them along to give them an opportunity. It may require some funds from government, but it doesn't require life-long funding.
We're dealing with decisions in regard to limited taxpayer dollars, and everything we spend in both levels of government is coming from the same taxpayers. Maybe you could speak to how you determine priorities when you're making those decisions, and how you find the balance.