I think you make an excellent case, Mr. Bolduc, certainly if you look at some of the information being gathered and some of the studies being done on the issue of poverty in our country, for example, and the fact that it costs us as a society--or it costs the economy--about $90 billion a year. Food Banks Canada, which is coming out with a report this morning, made a report last year indicating that if we were courageous enough to look at a way in which we might spend that money more effectively, perhaps we would do exactly as you're saying. We would help people during those difficult times, so that they don't fall off the wagon altogether and end up not being able to come back to work or to get a job because of the cumulative effect of tragedies in one's life, for example, and end up being a drain as opposed to being a contributing member.
I guess that's what you're asking for here: that we give people this support in that difficult time so they can deal with their personal issues and then get back to work and become contributing members and participate in the economy. It seems to me that it would be a far more effective way of spending that up to $90 billion. Perhaps we would be spending less if we did more of what you're suggesting.