2022-17 FORCED ADOPTIONS OF THE BABIES OF UNMARRIED MOTHERS IN POST WAR CANADA
Whereas #1 – The Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology issued a report, “Forced Adoption of Babies of Unmarried Mothers in Post-war Canada” dated July 2018 to the Government of Canada; and
Whereas #2 – The Committee made four recommendations to the Government and NONE of them have been acted upon in more than four years; therefore be it
Resolved #1 – That the National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC) adopt as policy that the recommendations in the Senate report on “Forced Adoption of Babies of Unmarried Mothers in Post-war Canada” be addressed by the Government of Canada; and be it further
Resolved #2 – That National Council of Women of Canada (NCWC) urge the Government of Canada to act immediately on the recommendations of the July 2018 report from the Standing Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology on the “Forced Adoption of the Babies of Unmarried Mothers in Post-war Canada”.