Thank you, Mr. Chair.
Thanks to both of you.
Cassaundra, thank you. You're incredibly courageous to be here to tell your story. It's amazing. It's moving for us.
I feel a little odd, though, that we're talking about this particular piece of legislation. As I absorb what I'm hearing and what I'm feeling, I think to myself that 15 weeks of leave for time to attach seems like such a no-brainer. It feels a little dumb that we're talking about this, to be honest. How is it possible that we're talking about this?
As Ms. Murphy was speaking earlier, she made a comment about how she could “ask for the moon”, but she didn't because the time didn't necessarily permit.
I'm not sure you're allowed to speak any more, Ms. Murphy. Maybe Mr. Chair would permit that.
However, I would ask all of you, I guess, if you were to ask for the moon.... When I heard the numbers, the number of children in the child welfare system and the number who actually get adopted.... You were nine by the time you were adopted. How old were you?