I would like to thank Kim Wilson from Bowmanville for submitting this petition:
“Extend Access to Post-Adoption Birth Information.
“To the Legislative Assembly of Ontario:
“Whereas current legislation does not provide access to post-adoption birth information ... to next of kin if an adult adopted person or a natural/birth parent is deceased;
“Whereas this barrier to accessing post-adoption birth information separates immediate family members and prohibits the children of deceased adopted people from gaining knowledge of their identity and possible Indigenous heritage;
“We, the undersigned, petition the Legislative Assembly of Ontario to extend access to post-adoption birth information ... to next of kin, and/or extended next of kin, if an adult adopted person or a natural/birth parent is deceased.”
I fully support this petition. I will sign it and pass it to page Jeremy to deliver to the table.