Well, the situation in Canada is very similar to other countries. We often look to the States. We get a lot of information from the United States, and the U.S. has done some great work. As an example, they've lobbied their insurance industry very successfully in certain states to provide access to medically necessary treatment--to ABA therapy, for all intents and purpose. They're going state by state and lobbying for this, and that's seen as successful, but again, it's the grassroots people who are spending their time doing this activity when they really should be spending their time with their families.
So it's been successful and we've seen some great results, and as a result more and more families are receiving access to treatment and to therapy.
I have a lot of colleagues down in the States who have access to a lot of families, and it's quite remarkable. Families down there say, “Well, geez, I had to wait for three months to get access to therapy.” I kind of laugh at them and say, “Three months? That's crazy....”
I've had Canadian families who live down in the States call me and tell me that they're thinking about moving back to either Quebec or to Ontario; these are two instances. I get them to describe to me what they have in place.
One family in Pittsburgh had to fight for what they got, but they had access to an incredible range of services: the school was on board, and everything was going well for the child. She wanted to move back to Ontario, and I told her not to come.
There was another family in New York City who wanted to move back to Montreal and be closer to family. But in New York they'd had immediate access to speech, to OT, to behavioural interventions, and I said, “Don't come.”
So as a Canadian, I'm like, “Don't come back to Canada. Stay in the U.S.”
There are good examples out there, and there are some parts of the U.S. that are not so great, but what we can do is we can—