That's all right.
Thank you to our witnesses.
As we study federal supports for adoption, I see that there are essentially three things. One is looking at what supports are available. Are they sufficient? Then, ultimately, what is not being done that can be done? Those are questions for us to look at here around the table.
I want to start with data collection by your agencies. What types of data do you collect with respect to adoption? What is the federal government's role with adoption? Do you know how many children are available for adoption in Canada? Do we know what the average cost of an adoption is? Do we have analysis from federal departments about whether that's sufficient, or is there a barrier? Do you do any research into areas that may affect the federal government? What are long-term trends in intercountry adoptions?
I only want to get a sense of whether you collect data on this and what you collect. Do you do any research? If so, what?