I would say to you, Mr. Lake, that we're not judge and jury in trying to determine who needs help or who doesn't. It's not for me to make that decision. Our responsibility is to provide people with opportunities. Where we see weaknesses in our society, we try to strengthen the supports to allow people to take advantage of those opportunities. No doubt, if we provide programs, services, and broad-based initiatives to people, there may be some who don't need it as much as others. I'd be naive if I tried to think otherwise. But I think it would be much better for us to provide services to allow people the opportunity to improve their lot in life than it would be for me, or for us as governments, to make the decisions about who should or should not be given assistance. We have a responsibility to all people to try to help.
The issue that you mentioned regarding your son and autism is a problem that we have in Newfoundland and Labrador. We have initiatives that we've done in consultation with the Autism Society of Newfoundland and Labrador.
We try to reach out to all groups who need assistance, without being judgmental about whether somebody needs or doesn't need the assistance. If there is something that has been identified, we try to provide the intervention to them, and we hope the people will be able to benefit from it.