There's one personal situation that we've encountered. Certain people know that if they change provinces, they come out from under the surveillance of the authorities and child care agencies. We feel that social workers have encouraged abusive parents to move to another province, because moving takes these parents off their caseload. Those children slip under the radar. They enter into another province and there is no awareness that there is a child care problem. We feel that there should be a national identification system for children who are at risk and need to be adopted. When they change provinces, everything starts all over again.
On December 7th, 2010. See this statement in context.