Human Resources committee  Yes. It's concerning deportation of what I would call failed adoptees, people who came to Canada to be adopted and whose adoptions broke down. In the case of Mario, his adoptive mother brought him at the same time as his younger sister; she wanted the younger sister, but she ga

Human Resources committee  Yes, in looking across Canada there's a great deal of support for and knowledge about fetal alcohol spectrum disorder out west, and Alberta is a province with a lot of support. I would like to say that HRSDC originally did have a role in interprovincial adoption--that was in the

Human Resources committee  The problem with Bill C-14 is that it was supposed to make it equitable and faster to come home with your adopted child from another country and have the citizenship automatically. Some people are choosing not to go that route, and there are two reasons. One is that there's a pos

Human Resources committee  I'm getting in a panic to get through the material.

Human Resources committee  Three minutes is enough. I have the same recommendations as the Adoption Council of Canada because of the lack of information: stats, publishing, and what not. But I have some new recommendations for you. One is that the government support or preferably adopt Bill C-569 of MP J

Human Resources committee  I have to get to the citizenship parts, so I'll skip—

Human Resources committee  I'll skip the recommendations, because they are the same as the Adoption Council of Canada's. I do want to get to the citizenship, because I think I'm the only one who's maybe going to talk on citizenship.

Human Resources committee  Can I do that, please?

Human Resources committee  It's all right. I just have a recommendation that something be done, because it's very complicated to get through the citizenship process, and people whose adoption failed need to be helped to make sure they become citizens.

Human Resources committee  My name is Elspeth Ross. I am an adoptive parent and educator in adoption permanency and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder from Rockland, Ontario. My husband is here with me today. I speak to you for our family and many others about my family and work, what's wrong with adoption, t

Human Resources committee  We got support from support groups, the Open Door Society and NACAC, North American Council on Adoptable Children, and on the web. The Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health helps with our grandson now. Health Canada's non-insured health benefits for first nations and Inuit health a