Thank you, Mr. Speaker. I'll be brief on this. As a Member of the Social committee, this is one of those
decisions that I believe at the time, we went over quite thoroughly. It's not that these prices, the value or the equalization has gone up so much that elders cannot afford to be in the facilities. It is guaranteed, as we've heard, that there's a certain amount of money for their own personal use. Remarks made earlier, I believe, can be taken in a way that would make it look like we're putting old people out the door. I take that to be untrue and I'm concerned that we've put that forward in such a way. We gave it some serious thought. We're not putting anybody out the door.
As we've heard earlier, we've gone through the process time and time again, through business plans right up until the department was on the floor of this House, and nothing has changed. 1, too, have elders back home, relatives and family members. But I know I'm not going to be making something that's going to be throwing them out the door. I think the young people of this generation better start taking a little more responsibility for their own lives instead of depending on elders, if that's the situation. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.