Human Resources committee  When we adopted the four, two came as newborns. That was easy. You're not dealing with any attachment issues. The children who come at two and a half and four and a half have attachment issues. They're upset, and it's no fault of their own. It is emotionally draining to hold thes

Human Resources committee  Yes. Aaron, Andrea, Sean, Daniel, Stephen, Tia, Silas, Sarah, Josiah, Jenny, Kendra, DJ, Jesse and Chris.

Human Resources committee  We have to say, too, that the children range from 31 down to eight. They're not all at home.

Human Resources committee  That's grandchildren and grandparents.

Human Resources committee  We have six.

Human Resources committee  Our biggest challenge was just the fear factor, when you have to go through so many levels to make this adoption happen. In our case, we had the children in our home, but because they were aboriginal.... There were aboriginal children being removed from the foster homes when the

Human Resources committee  Four.

Human Resources committee  No, we're including in that five foster children who are permanent.

Human Resources committee  One is aged out.

Human Resources committee  Amazing.

Human Resources committee  So why am I so passionate about this issue? Three of our adopted children are Canadian registered aboriginal children, and these kids mean the world to us. This makes us think about all the other children, just like them, being denied adopted families because of their aboriginal

Human Resources committee  Thank you for allowing us this opportunity. This morning when we all woke up, there were 30,000 children who woke up today who do not have a family to call their own. Why does this bother me, and why should this bother you? It is because these are Canadian children. As the mothe