Human Resources committee  It is a sequence, and the province looks at one side of it: they look at the receiving family in Canada in terms of the best interests of the child based upon the receiving family. We don't look at that; we look at the best interests of the child overseas—whether they're being tr

Human Resources committee  In terms of communications, I don't know what the provinces advise, but certainly all of our missions overseas have information on their local websites about the procedure that we, CIC, will require. That's not a complete answer to your question, because it may not give an indi

Human Resources committee  Exactly.

Human Resources committee  For family adoption it's the same process. Whether it's a relative or not a relative, the adoption process must be complete before we can bring them to Canada, either as a permanent resident or—

Human Resources committee  They will look at those cases on a case-by-case basis, look at the best interests of the child, and deal with it accordingly. There's no “one size fits all” in those types of situations.

Human Resources committee  We can only process children where the process has been finished in that country, according to the laws of that country. If a country tells us that the adoption has been legally done there, then we will carry it forward.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question. Officers are trained. We have officers in 86 different points of service around the world. Officers, before they go out to adjudicate these files or look into them, are trained. They're trained in the act and regulations. They're trained in all of the