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From YouTube: NOVEMBER 17 2021 Statements Karin Kirkpatrick
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The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
2nd Session
42nd Parliament
A
Member
for
west
vancouver
capilano.
Thank
you,
mr
speaker.
Chongqing
is
a
city
of
nine
million
people
situated
in
south
central
china,
two
hours
west
of
shanghai
at
7
30
a.m.
On
november
4th
2003
36
prospective
adoptive
parents
from
british
columbia,
including
me
friends,
companions
boarded
the
bus
from
chongqing
for
the
two
hour
trip
to
the
fooling
orphanage.
A
Shivery
anticipation
prevailed,
in
spite
of
the
31
degree
temperature.
The
chaos
of
chongqing
gradually
gave
way
to
rice,
paddies
and
rural
agriculture
crossing
the
yangtze.
We
arrived
at
fuling
at
nine
o'clock
in
the
morning,
a
crowd
of
local
residents
quickly
gathered
as
we
stepped
down
from
the
bus
and
descended
a
very
narrow
road
up
to
the
orphanage.
The
rest
for
me,
mr
speaker,
is
a
bit
of
a
haze
until
I
was
handed
a
beautiful
screaming
baby.
A
She
looked
up
at
me,
stopped
crying
and
immediately
fell
asleep.
Much
to
the
envy
of
all
the
other
new
parents.
Now
november
is
adoption
awareness
month
and
families
take
many
different
forms.
There
are
people
in
this
house
like
myself,
who
have
built
their
family
or
joined
their
family
through
adoption.
A
A
There
are
approximately
750
children
in
care,
ready
to
be
and
deserving
to
be
part
of
a
loving
and
supportive
family.
Adoptive
families
are
incredibly
diverse.
Just
like
the
rest
of
us
most
children
in
care.
Waiting
for
adoption
are
between
4
and
18
years.
Old
40
percent
are
part
of
sibling
groups,
59
or
indigenous
needing
culturally
appropriate
homes,
and
some
of
these
beautiful
children
have
additional
needs
brought
about
by
early
abuse
or
neglect.
I
would
ask
british
columbians
to
consider
the
adoption
of
a
child
or
sibling
group
from
care.