I fully agree with what Ms. Despaties said. And, knowing that they are also entitled to these weeks of benefits, people won't be subjected to the stress of seeing the leave period come to an end. Thanks to these additional 15 weeks, parents would have peace of mind and no longer wonder how they're going to find the money they need to take unpaid leave. As I was saying earlier, there is really a strong consensus among experts on the fact that adoptive parents should stay at home for at least a year with their child. Professionals say this to potential parents during assessments, and they really try to organize their lives accordingly.
As Ms. Despaties put it so well, many adopted children have special needs and may need treatment of various kinds, such as speech therapy, physiotherapy or occupational therapy. These are treatments to which people have access in the private sector, if they aren't available in the public sector. The foregone income of a parent who has to take leave without pay when adopting would no longer be an option to spend time with their children afterwards.
Removing financial stress from the shoulders of parents by giving them a year's leave changes everything. That's what families have been telling us for the past two years.