Human Resources committee  To my mind, to the extent Quebec's example can be used at the national level, there is definitely reason to sit down and explore the mechanisms that have been put in place and the process adopted to repatriate this jurisdiction, as you say, but also ultimately to improve the welf

Human Resources committee  Did you want to go first?

Human Resources committee  I'm going to take the liberty of answering first before I forget what I was going to say. Financial incentives are always cited as a way of meeting the needs of the child or the family, or both. In our recent consultations of families of adoptive parents, one of the factors tha

Human Resources committee  Yes, it is.

Human Resources committee  Yes.

Human Resources committee  I think in New Brunswick the act provides for up to age 21, actually, in certain circumstances.

Human Resources committee  I'm basing my comment on statistics being raised to 84%. Why? Perhaps the adoption process is easier than domestic. I've heard nightmare stories within the domestic adoption system.

Human Resources committee  Perhaps the challenge is the lack of resources.

Human Resources committee  Statistically, I would probably base my answer on the past five years. From what I know--and I'm not a statistics expert--I think the average is slowly on the rise.

Human Resources committee  Social development, yes. They were provided every.... If I may, just quickly, every year we have a report that comes out through our office, called “State of Our Children and Youth”. These statistics appear in this report, which is available online and provided by the department.

Human Resources committee  Until the file is closed, until the adoption is complete, so that means we have no statistics on adoptions that have failed, and that is of concern.

Human Resources committee  They probably do, but I'm not able to answer that question.

Human Resources committee  That's a good question. I know what the cost of incarceration is--that's my area of expertise--but I can't tell you the cost of adoption.

Human Resources committee  It's approximately $115,000 per child.

Human Resources committee  It would be the hope.