Thank you, Madam Chair.
Thank you to our panellists for appearing today. Thank you very much for your testimony and your specific recommendations. You're doing a very good job in terms of equipping the committee to consider how the federal government can play a supportive role with respect to adoption.
We've heard a number of panellists in our hearings so far who have recommended, in one way or another, that the federal government take some sort of leading role with respect to promoting adoption, if you will. I suspect that any type of adoption promotion would need supporting infrastructure behind it to ensure that adoption is indeed viable. We've heard that we have 13 jurisdictions that deliver adoption services. There are a variety of differences in the baskets of services, from pre- through post-adoption, across the country.
I have two questions. First, can you identify for us where--that is, in which province or territory or province--there are some best practices or supports provided that we should be looking at?
Second, would you support a relevant federal minister meeting with his or her provincial and territorial counterparts with the aim of working cooperatively to sort of raise the basket of services in all provinces, if those provinces want to participate that way, I suppose? Should some dialogue begin that way?
I'll leave it at those two questions to start.
Ms. Ross.