Human Resources committee  Mr. Martin, I'd like to also address that, if I could. We don't need to be pitted against one another, and that is the political climate that is happening right now from both sides. Nobody's particularly at fault. I completely understand and empathize with the first nations, wh

Human Resources committee  Can I just answer the question, Madam Chair, on resources and networks? I know that Cindy Blackstock referred to some amazing post-adoption supports that we're supposed to have out there that don't exist for aboriginal parents on reserves. There's a lack of post-adoption supports

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much, Madam Chair, for inviting me back. I'm going to speak to my experience of adopting as a non-aboriginal or mainstream parent of two aboriginal children. First of all, I want to say that I'm a proud mother of two young Ojibway women. I adopted my first daught

Human Resources committee  No.

Human Resources committee  We don't want to replace it, though, per se. We don't want to start a fight with—

Human Resources committee  Okay, so find a name and call it another 15 weeks of adopted parental leave then.

Human Resources committee  Whatever, yes.

Human Resources committee  We don't know. We don't track the numbers well enough to know.

Human Resources committee  We think that's not only possible but is really incumbent on the committee to do. This is a national responsibility. These are our kids, regardless of whether they were born in one province or another, and they are ending up on our streets and in our jails, in many cases, when th

Human Resources committee  And it can be considered with respect to the prevention of homelessness.

Human Resources committee  We, in fact, will have someone, we hope, address the issue of mental health care.

Human Resources committee  Yes, we actually are trying not to prescribe the terms. What we're trying to say is 50 weeks for both sets of parents. I think we're in conjunction on that.

Human Resources committee  We're not asking you to add weeks for both groups; we're just asking you to add weeks for adoptive parents.

Human Resources committee  No, we don't think we need to.

Human Resources committee  You probably need a whole other session on this, and I would suggest—