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INFERTILITY   ADOPTION   POST-ADOPTION   FAMILY TREE   Adoption Resource Central    Heart of Adoption Articles to inspire   You can order Family Helper publications		$925 fee gone: Ontario eliminates "head tax" BY ROBIN HILBORN, Family Helper editor
		(Jan. 13, 2005) After five years of charging Ontarians $925 for some international adoptions, the Ontario government has abolished the fee (see government news release). Minister of Children and Youth Services Dr. Marie Bountrogianni announced that effective Jan. 13, 2005 the government was eliminating its fees on all international adoptions. For background, see (May 24, 2001)  Ontario keeps $925 adoption "head tax". See also the report at the web site of the Adoption Council of Canada. ________________________________________ You may reproduce this item with the credit: "Source: Family Helper (www.familyhelper.net)"