Well, the federal government, of course, through immigration policy and other factors, has a key role in international adoption. I'd like to see the federal government make it mandatory that if a child from an international country is indigenous, his or her indigenous group is documented and there are requirements on behalf of the adoptive parent to nurture and support that child's understanding of his or her indigenous identity, and, whenever possible, to nurture those connections going forward. At this point, those children are simply considered to be Chinese--versus indigenous, for example.
On December 7th, 2010. See this statement in context.