I see.
We were talking about children, and I think someone mentioned that seven years of age is considered to be unadoptable in our country. I wonder if any of you would have this information. I was doing some cross-country consultations for a social security review around 1994-95, and we met with youth 16 and up. They told us that as of 16 years of age they were no longer wards of the crown—they were on their own. Most kids 16 years of age in a family would not be kicked out of their home and told, “Thank you very much.”
Have any of you looked to see what that disconnect is, with respect to older children? I know it's provincial to a degree, but I guess it's something we need to be looking at. What happens to these young people? They're literally said goodbye to by the system at that point. Have you any experience with that, or any data on what happens to them?