Thank you.
This is a very important topic that the committee has undertaken simply because we've been made aware of it. I knew about it long before I came to Parliament because I taught children with autism. My colleague Mike Lake has also done a lot in this area to educate all of us.
There's just one sensitive area that I wish perhaps we might be aware of. I'm just going to ask that we not compare autism with a disease like cancer. This is a very, very important topic, and I know it hasn't been up at the forefront the way cancer has, but many children have lost their lives because they've been on waiting lists. I saw it first-hand this past year.
So this disease is something that has never been recognized, but I would ask that we keep the discussion to autism, and not compare and contrast it with another disease, if we can.
Thank you.
Ms. Roberts.