(Translation) Thank you, Mr. Chairman. In regard to this bill, I would like to thank the committee. They have been very busy and have done a good job. I know that because I was adopted by grandparents. I also believe that we should not proceed with this bill until we find out who we are. Some of us are Inuit, white and some of us are Dene. We all have different cultures. When we are talking about the Nunavut government, we also want to deal with the adoption policy because we are different in each community. I know we will never have the same tradition and culture. I do not really know what kind of amendment we are talking about, but I would also like to receive more information from NTI. I agree as well with the comments that were made this morning. All adoptions are different. It was mentioned that when a child is adopted, the child has to be told who their real parents are and who the adoptive parents are. I did not find out until later on when I was older that I was adopted. I thought my father was my older brother, until I reached adulthood. It is Inuit tradition to let the adoptive children know who their parents are. The elders usually say because there is no law in Inuit tradition, but I do not know anything about white society. Some adoptive parents, some of us who have adopted children, we usually tell our adopted children, when I pass away, you will go back to your natural parents. I am saying that perhaps in the future, if the children are not treated properly from adoptive parents, they will be taken away and perhaps the adoptive parents will have to pay fines or perhaps they could end up in jail for at least six months. This is not the Inuit way of life. We do not deal with money when we are talking about adoption. I would like to make a comment that I think we should delay this bill until we have a Nunavut government because the adoption law will be dealing with the Inuits from Nunavut. We have different cultures. Some of us will not agree with the law. Perhaps even if we do pass the bill right now, amendments will have to be made in the future. Thank you. (Translation ends)

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