This amendment is to proposed section 5.1. We want it to be stipulated that once the Minister has granted citizenship to an adoptee, the certificate be delivered within 30 days. This would conform to the practice that is presently in place in Quebec, where official documents are provided within 30 days. This rule applies in the case of adoptions.
The reason we would like to see this enforced is that there are a good many parents who, after having begun the first adoption procedure, wish to launch the second one. They are however prevented from doing so until the document is provided. If the document only arrives a year later, the process is delayed by that much again.
I would therefore like it to be stipulated that the document should be issued within 30 days of the granting of citizenship.