moved:
Motion No. 3
That Bill C-16, in Clause 8, be amended a ) by replacing line 11 on page 5 with the following:
“8. (1) Subject to section 8.1, the Minister shall, on application, grant” b ) by adding after line 24 on page 5 the following:
(2) For greater certainty, the Province of Quebec shall continue to have full jurisdiction in respect of international adoptions, including the acceptance of any psychosocial assessment of adoptive parents and the issue of a letter of no objection to the adoption of a child.
8.1 The Minister shall, on application, grant citizenship to a minor child adopted outside Canada by a citizen domiciled or ordinarily resident in Quebec, although the adoption procedure has not yet been completed in accordance with the laws of Quebec, if ( a ) the adoption is not intended to circumvent the requirements under any enactment for admission to Canada or citizenship; and ( b ) the adoption proposal has been approved by the administrative authority designated for that purpose by the minister of the government of Quebec responsible for international adoptions."
Motion No. 17
That Bill C-16, in Clause 43, be amended by replacing line 25 on page 22 with the following:
“sections 8 and 8.1 have been met;”