New Brunswick's throne speech mentioned adoption

Yesterday was the first day of sitting for the new New Brunswick Liberal government. As usual, the Lieutenant Governor makes a throne speech to open the session. If you missed it (I didn’t hear it on any of the news broadcasts last night), adoption, and international adoption was mentioned. This could be a positive change for the province.

“Adoption services are an integral part of building families in New Brunswick. In order to help children find permanent families, your government will modernize the adoption process by amending the Family Services Act as well as creating a new Intercountry Adoption Act. These changes will ensure that the best interests of the child are kept at the forefront of the adoption process. These amendments will also ensure a more effective delivery of services to New Brunswickers wishing to adopt a child. “

In case you want the full throne speech, it can be found HERE.

I may have mentioned this before, but in the fall, just after Premier Shawn Graham was elected, we ran into him at the Fredericton Farmers Market. We talked to him for a couple of minutes and explained to him that we were adopting internationally, and with the push for immigration, the province should make our process easier, not harder. So not all of our comments to politicians don’t fall on deaf ears. Sometimes what we do say does get acted upon and things like this should make our province a better place to live. I’m sure that we were not the only people to vent frustrations to the politicians but I’d like to think that our comments made a difference.

Also as an FYI, in that same discussion, The Premier told us that he and his wife had investigated domestic adoption and had thought about doing the PRIDE training. So, he should understand what we have to go thru with paperwork, social workers, etc…

As a last note. I am political party independant. I listen to them all but don't have any loyalty to any particular party. I just like it when whatever party is in power does something to make our lives easier.