Today is Monday, April 19, 2010 and this is the 11th meeting of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities.
Our agenda for today is as follows: Pursuant to Standing Order 108(2), a study of the Federal Support Measures to Adoptive Parents.
I would like to point out an error in the French version of the document.
I will read the motion that was adopted and we can then get down to work. The motion reads as follows:
The following motion was adopted by the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities:
Extract from the Minutes of Proceedings
Meeting No. 04
Wednesday, March 17, 2010
It was agreed, —That the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development, and the Status of Persons with Disabilities examine current federal support measures that are available to adoptive parents and their adopted children, recognizing and respecting provincial and territorial jurisdictions in this regard, and following completion of its study, report back to the House with its findings.
The committee will now hear from Mr. Jeff Watson, MP for the riding of Essex, on the motion in question.
Mr. Watson, I think you have a proposition to make to us.