Ontario’s Expert Panel on Adoption - Input time
So here is the link if you are from Ontario and want to add your views please do so!
http://www.gov.on.ca/children/english/infertilityAdoption/index.html
So here is the link if you are from Ontario and want to add your views please do so!
http://www.gov.on.ca/children/english/infertilityAdoption/index.html
Now that we have a “new” government hopefully it will be possible to further raise the profile of this issue on the political front and maybe even get some action.
Prior to the election, and even during the campaign, this issue was at least being mentioned in the press and there are certainly more than a few new MP’s that seem to understand the issue and be sympathetic.
So what more can we do? Well first of all I encourage anyone that reads this to send an e-mail (I will posta link to the addresses as soon as it is available) to your newly elected MP congratulating them on their election and explaining that one of the ways they can keep and or earn your support for the next election (maybe not far away) is to become a supporter of change on this issue. If you do get a positive response please let me know here and I will happily maintain a database of supporters that can be used in this effort.
As always this space and the Forum area are always available to try to advance this cause so if you have any thoughts or ideas let me know.
The panel will recommend ways to help make both fertility treatment and
adoption more accessible and affordable.
That is a short excerpt from a news release that went out on July 11 the full release can be read here.
http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/July2008/11/c3851.html
The Panel includes an two adoption professionals, a foster parent and two adoptive parents so the adoption community seems to be well represented.
We are already discussing in the Advocacy Section of the Forum area the improvements adoptive parents would like to see.
I would encourage anyone who has thoughts on this subject to come join the discussion. In particular, if you are in the middle of paperchasing, or taking the PRIDE training, or looking for a match and you have comments, questions or concerns with the process I for one would love to hear from you. I know there is sometimes a reluctance to “rock the boat” or be critical of people that you still need the support of to navigate through the world of adoption, so please feel free to comment as anonymously as you feel you need to or even send me a more private e-mail.