Supreme Court rejects families' autism appeal

Burden put back on parents, who are already
'burned out,' plaintiff says
MURRAY CAMPBELL
From Friday's Globe and Mail

TORONTO — "Simon Wynberg used to feel betrayed
when he thought about his long struggle to get
Dalton McGuinty to live up to his promise to provide
treatment for school-age children with autism.
But after a Supreme Court of Canada ruling effectively
closed the door on 28 families who wanted Ontario
to pay for the expensive treatment for their autistic
children, he has gone way beyond that."
In the 2003 campaign, Mr. McGuinty, then in opposition,
promised to end the Progressive Conservative
government's "unfair and discriminatory" practice
of cutting off funding for the treatment when autistic
children turned 6.
In office, however, he delayed acting on the pledge, which
prompted the parents' suit.

This was also the case when he said he wouldn't raise
taxes and he did.
Election time will be here soon Mr McGuinty.....