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Human Resources committee  I wouldn't know enough about that part of employment insurance to have an opinion. I'm sorry. It's something I think should be looked at. Quebec has shown leadership in that area and on their focus on children.

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Pat Convery

Human Resources committee  It's up to you.

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Pat Convery

Human Resources committee  Briefly, I would say that in actual fact there are a lot of families in Canada who are interested in adoption. I think another federal initiative in supporting the provinces is around recruitment awareness and education of families. We need to find families for the children who n

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Pat Convery

Human Resources committee  No. We have a portable system in that we have one adoption home study assessment tool that is used throughout the province in the private, public, and international systems and one training program. So we do have a fair bit of collaboration. Each individual agency is provincially

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Pat Convery

Human Resources committee  Not that coordinates that.

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Pat Convery

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Pat Convery

Human Resources committee  Again, the expert panel report, as far as Ontario goes, really did a lot of work on highlighting that issue and giving information about that, which I think would be helpful.

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Pat Convery

Human Resources committee  Yes. It's Raising Expectations. This is the expert panel report on infertility and adoption.

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Pat Convery

Human Resources committee  It's online in French.

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Pat Convery

Human Resources committee  I think so, particularly if it was something that could be claimed on a yearly basis. It would be expenses incurred in that year related to specific activities, and the example would be post-adoption where you have special needs. Children who come out of foster care, their specia

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Pat Convery

Human Resources committee  Yes, absolutely.

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Pat Convery

Human Resources committee  There are 53 children's aid societies.

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Pat Convery

Human Resources committee  No, and one of the recommendations of the expert panel was that there be a provincial centralized agency.

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Pat Convery

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Pat Convery

Human Resources committee  We have about 17,000 children in foster care, and that number is declining, so it's less this year than the year before. It's not a huge number, but certainly that's....

December 2nd, 2010Committee meeting

Pat Convery