| Name | Party | Connection with adoption | Types of legislation supported for adult adoptee access to original birth certificate. Options given: i) unconditional, ii) with contact veto, iii) with disclosure veto |
Types of legislation supported for birth parent access to adoptee's amended birth certificate. Options given: i) unconditional, ii) with contact veto, iii) with disclosure veto |
Comments |
| Ben Lefebvre | NDP | An immediate family member is adopted (a sister's oldest daughter is adopted and a niece is attempting to adopt) | unconditional OR with contact vetoes OR with disclosure vetoes | unconditional OR with contact vetoes OR with disclosure vetoes | Thank you very much for your request about my positions regarding adoption in Ontario. Marilyn Churley, the NDP MPP for Toronto Danforth, has been fighting for adoption access reform in Ontario. We lag behind other provinces such as Newfoundland and British Columbia. It is outrageous that we still have not made positive changes to a clearly antiquated process by allowing adult adoptees to access their own adoption records and medical information.
Howard Hampton and the NDP would move quickly to pass the Adoption Disclosure Statute Law Amendment Act, a law developed and championed by Toronto-Danforth MPP Marilyn Churley. Bill 77 would improve access to records for adoptees and birth parents. This much-needed adoption disclosure would save lives by giving adult adoptees access to their own adoption records and family medical history. |
| Paul Palmer | Green | Other: I had a friend who was adopted and searched for her birth parents. | with contact vetoes | with contact vetoes | I know that for many adopted adults there is a great void, a need to know. This should be allowed provided it does not harm the birth parent's present relationship and right to privacy. |
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