Analysis of Article by Nicholas Keung´s Canada’s Ban on Pakistani Child Adoption

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In the article, “Canada’s Ban on Pakistani adoption”, Nicholas Keung, an immigration reporter, talks about the Canadian government’s decision to ban the adoption of children from Pakistan, citing an issue with their Islamic practice of Kafala; a system of guardianship which neither ends the biological parent-child relationship nor grants full parental rights to the adoptive parents. He tells us that this ban which just took effect in July brought about a lot of controversy and left these prospective parents as well as the Pakistani children who are waiting to be adopted emotionally distressed. I oppose the decision made by the Canadian government to ban the adoption of Pakistani children. I am against this motion because this ban is an obvious form of marginalization of these Pakistani orphan children. Also, adoption of children from a different race can be a benefit to the Canadian Government as well as the nation as a whole.
The abrupt move that was made and took effect in July is a form of marginalization of these Pakistani orphan children. I say so because these children are being deprived of a good and decent home and family. The imposition of this ban has reduced their chances of being adopted by a family that would show them love and care just as much as any other child needs and deserves. According to Nicholas,
“most parents that have already begun the process of this adoption process, have given up their time and money just to see through the process and these children who have obviously been anticipating for someone to come and take them in have had their hopes crushed to pieces just because of this unexpected move.”
This has left them asking ...

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...not more difficult to adopt.

Works Cited

Keung, Nicholas. "Canada's ban on Pakistani adoptions baffles parents, clerics." thestar.com. N.p., 5 Aug. 2013. Web. 8 Nov. 2013. .
Makarenko, Jay. "Multiculturalism Policy in Canada | Mapleleafweb.com." Multiculturalism Policy in Canada | Mapleleafweb.com. N.p., 12 Jan. 2010. Web. 13 Nov. 2013. .
Hyman, Ilene, Agnes, Meinhard, and John, Sheilds. "The Role of Multiculturalism Policy in Addressing Social Inclusion Processes in Canada" Ryerson University. N.p., n.d. Web. 14 Nov. 2013. .

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