Ryan Cleary at the Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities Committee

On October 25th, 2012. See this statement in context.

October 25th, 2012 / 9:15 a.m.

NDP

Ryan Cleary NDP St. John's South—Mount Pearl, NL

Thank you, Mr. Chair.

Thank you to the witnesses.

I have a question, first, for Mr. Hnatuk, although you touched on this, Mr. Phelps.

Bill C-44 defines a child as someone under the age of 18. You represent, as you outlined, people with intellectual disabilities, so you could have a person who is in their twenties, thirties, forties who actually has a mind of a much younger person. To get right to the point, is 18 as a cut-off too restrictive?

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