I would hope the committee says, “We've taken a look at this, and we've looked at the law.”
It's targeting persons with disabilities and individuals with mental illness as a sole underlying condition. Look at the spring economic statement today and the lack of services and funding in that as well. If we have to make changes in Canada, we have to make sure we're supporting people with disabilities and individuals with mental illness as a sole underlying condition.
This is not a progressive move. It's not an equality right. It's ignoring our responsibilities to our most vulnerable. We're normalizing this. Once it becomes more normal, we will never get it back. We know government will come back and say, “Oh, let's make sure they're radically funding this,” because it has become an acceptable alternative to proactive, timely and adequate treatments, with supports and services. This is where we are today. We need to stop it, because if it keeps going forward, it's not going to stop. We've seen laws in the past that have been on the books for 50 years, wherein indigenous people were targeted and things happened. It took 50 years to get past it. Even then, after they came off the books.... We're dealing with them today. We shouldn't be in this situation. Take it back and give the support to people in need.