Yes, Mr. Speaker, naturally the Department of Social Services is concerned with any adoption that takes place in order to ensure the safety of the children and the safety, in fact, of the adopting parents to see that this is a suitable home for any adopted baby or child. It is not as simple as it used to be when, in the old days, one parent would trust another member of the family to look after the children. We live in a more complicated society today under different conditions than in the old days, and I think the department is, and will continue to be, concerned with any adoption. We are not interfering, the department is not interfering with the adoption process, but ensuring that all things are done with the safety of the child and the welfare of the child in mind. I think we must maintain that. If it is called screening, then that is what it is called, but it is a method that I approve of.
Tony Whitford on Question O161-12(1): GNWT Recognition Of Custom Adoption
In the Legislative Assembly on December 18th, 1991. See this statement in context.
Further Return To Question O161-12(1): GNWT Recognition Of Custom Adoption
Question O161-12(1): GNWT Recognition Of Custom Adoption
Item 5: Oral Questions
December 17th, 1991
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