I can speak to that.
Again, as I said, I think people not having permanency in their lives causes a lot more strain on our public system than anything else. Having connections and attachment somewhere that you can rely on, that's going to take the pressure off so much of the system.
Things like expanding EI opportunities.... Maybe they don't have to specifically recover from physically having a child, but that mother who has carried a baby in her womb has had that time to connect with her child and the partner has had time to connect through the outside and through hearing that voice.
Longer times to connect, that little bit of extra time invested, will make for a huge difference down the road and fewer missed opportunities. Again, creating attachment connection is incredibly important. I think practical supports like increasing EI times for adoptive parents are crucial.
The other thing I find very important is that children do not have the same rights across this country. A child from zero to 18 is not guaranteed the same rights from province to province, because it is a provincial thing, and I understand it will remain a provincial thing. However, I truly believe the federal government can step up and say this is what we believe should be the national benchmark, that every child should be able to have this standard, just like the Convention on the Rights of the Child, that every child is supposed to be guaranteed a certain number of rights. Having the federal government say we believe in permanency for children means that when advocates such as ourselves talk to our provincial government, we can say you need to step up to the national standard. I think that's crucial.