I want to thank you all for being here and taking the time to share your stories. It is important that we do hear the reality of it.
Something I get very frustrated with is how the other side wants to turn this partisan all the time. I very much do care about people, what their experiences are and how that shapes their life, because that's really what will happen.
It always comes back to money. It's funny, because this weekend the Prime Minister actually announced $50 million. From what I heard from Mr. Prince—if the numbers of $50 million to $100 million are correct—if this government wanted to take action, they could do that today with the money they give out. That's just a bit of frustration I have.
Even last night in the House, we voted for 12 weeks of bereavement leave for parents...under one year. The government voted against that.
Sometimes I get very frustrated being here and wondering what is getting done. We've heard the testimony. We know there's a problem. How are we going to make the system evolve? We know the system needs to change. We've heard that. On the last reforms—the seventies, eighties and that type of thing—things have evolved. Things have changed. We need to take action. Empty words are not enough.
On that note, Patrycia, I wanted to ask you how we can change the culture of episodic disabilities. I know you mentioned that episodic disabilities aren't understood well. How can we change the thought process or the mindset around episodic disabilities?