System is broken says Ontario mom waiting 9 months to bring

Nine months after receiving her daughter’s official adoption papers from Lagos State in Nigeria, Andrea Eaton of Tillsonburg, Ont., is still waiting to bring her daughter, Maya, home.

It’s not an unfamiliar story — Canada has a track record of delaying entry to adopted Nigerian children. It’s a problem advocates say is inexcusable and contravenes Canada’s international and domestic commitments to children.

“I’ve missed — we both have — family events, Christmas, my parents have my dogs, my house is vacant,” said Eaton who now lives in Accra, Ghana with Maya.

Getting Maya home is one thing, but fixing how this doesn’t work for kids and families is really important to me. This is…