Thank you, Member, for your question.
You may know that in many of the provinces and territories they've taken the step of providing what they call post-adoption supports for parents. Those are provided because some of the children who are most in need of permanent homes and families have significant special needs, such as the other member pointed out, with fetal alcohol syndrome. But without specialized services, some families don't have the financial means to adopt.
They didn't want finances to be a barrier for the adoption of the neediest children, so they developed a whole series of services that are available for parents off reserve to support the care of children post-adoption. Those are often not available on reserve because of the lack of implementation of Jordan's Principle. The provinces view the funding of those types of supports as a federal responsibility, and the federal government passes the buck over to the provinces. Sadly, it's the children and their families who consistently lose out.
I think it would be a wonderful thing if we saw the full implementation of Jordan's Principle. After all, it's simply ensuring that race isn't a factor in the distribution of government services. It's something that could be done, and it would make a big difference.