Mr. Speaker, I think that is a very reasonable question. I want to be clear on this particular point.
I am in no way advocating that as a community and as a nation of caring people we do not support one another or that we do not encourage one another in the rearing of our children. What I am focusing on is the natural authority of parents in their families to make their decisions. When they want to seek help and when they want to get advice from their neighbours, their community or even from their government, that should be a decision left solely in the hands of the parents to decide.
I am not talking about situations of neglect or abuse where perhaps there is a legitimate requirement for a government to have some intervention. We are primarily concerned that public policy and government policy respect the role of parents to make the decisions in the best interest of their children. They should be able to make those choices in a fair way where tax policies do not discriminate against one choice over another. There should be a fair and equal playing field for parents to make the decisions because they are the ones who can best make the needs assessments of their children.