It's true that in May of this year, the federal government became aware, along with the Government of British Columbia, that a number of proposed adoptions that were being arranged by a particular intermediary in Japan may not be in compliance with Japanese law. At that point, working with British Columbia, we began to investigate the situation. We have been requesting clarification from the Government of Japan, and while this investigation is going on, we have suspended the processing of a small number of applications.
On May 31st, 2018. See this statement in context.