In terms of a turning point, I think as a province we certainly were perceived to be “have not”. That's a term we have heard lots of times. We recognized that there were people who were struggling in our province. One of the benefits to being a province that's relatively small in population is that we know the situations of our neighbours and what's happening on our streets, our communities, and our municipalities. There were people who were not able to enjoy a standard of living and quality of life that they should have.
This is about acceptance of a responsibility. We believed, as a government, that it was our responsibility to try to make sure that the individuals who were struggling to participate fully in our society were given every opportunity to do so.
We started with that premise, and we started consultations with community groups. We went from there. I don't think any one thing was a turning point. I think it was a general acceptance that as a province we were going to move forward.
We're on the brink of riches in terms of our natural resources. We're seeing that now, four years after we became a government. We made the decision early on that everybody was going to participate in those riches--not just a small segment of our population, but all of our population.