Mr. Chairman, I appreciate that this is large number and one that we would want to see getting lower, but I do want to advise the Member that the number has been decreasing over the last three years. Out of 622 children, over half of them are with their own families or with extended families or within their communities.

Mr. Chairman, I do want to also say that...I’m not sure how many years it’s been; I think it’s been about five years since that last report was done and there were some changes made to legislation. It would be worthwhile for us to look at where we are going and if we could relook at how we do child

protection work in terms of reviewing to see if we could do better, with a view to focusing on providing support to families so as to prevent child protection incidents. Thank you.