[KarynB]

Originally Posted by Sohmakun

I was reading about international adoptions in Alberta, Canada Karyn and its states this:

If you want to adopt a child from another country, you have two distinct options: you may adopt a child through the government of the other country or you may adopt a child privately.

If the country you want to adopt a child from has adopted the Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoptions, only government adoptions are possible. Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) is responsible for the immigration process that allows the child you have adopted or intend to adopt to come to Canada. Hague Convention information is also available on the Government of Canada website.

Yes, it all has to be done in Canada through the Ministry of Children's services which is federal - but that doesn't mean you have to adopt from a government agency abroad. Our two boys are from private baby homes in South Africa. But then their adoption were done through the courts of South Africa - so through the government. But that doesn't mean the only option is to adopt out of foster care or government homes. Both Canada AND South Africa are Hague compliant.

In fact, there is an agency in BC that is beginning to re-look at US-Canada adoptions and hope to be restarting their program soon...

Is that what you were trying to say or did I miss your point?