(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Today I would like to talk about some of the problems facing families with custom adopted children. To describe these problems, I will use the community of Clyde River as an example. I am currently working with 13 families from Clyde River. Each of these families has at least one custom adopted child. These families are frustrated by the complications they have faced in trying to obtain birth certificates and social insurance numbers for these children. Some of these children are now of working age and are running into problems getting work, since they don't have social insurance numbers. (Translation ends)

Getting a social insurance number is a straightforward process for most people. However, for those who have been custom adopted, it can be a long and frustrating process, often ending without a positive result. I am now working with these families and the appropriate agencies here in Yellowknife to fix the situation. However, families should not have to go to their MLA to get help with birth certificates or social insurance numbers.

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