Have you seen the commercial (likely only accessible to Canadians)?

I can't find it either. Boo.

I don't like it though. While it is sappy and sweet and made for society in general there is something just wrong, to me, about a first meeting happening in the APs home when the adoptee is an adult. There is no way he will be able to be candid and neither will his natural parents. To the rest of the world, who surely aren't thinking about anything like that, I'm sure it pulls the heartstrings. I guess it does show that reunion doesn't have to be painful for the APs but... well you all know me and there is NO way I would have wanted my adad there for my first meeting even though he did meet my nmom two days later. It's just such an emotional, private and intimate time.

I do think your idea sounds worthy of an entry!

ETA

The adoptee says he is flying his "birth" -GAHHHHH- out to Victoria to meet his adoptive parents and himself. I'm gonna go stalk the tv and see if I can catch it on my camera lol.

I am looking for it as we speak...I just saw it the other night, actually. I'll edit when/if I find it...

ETA:

Well, I've learned 2 things in my quest to find this commercial.

1) People LOVE the Shaw "Contract Monster" commercials, because they're EVERYWHERE.

And,

2) That commercial is impossible to find. Sealed like a birth certificate. Har har.

Anyway, I like the commercial because it is showing reunion in a positive light. Not as this "thing" that the adoptee is doing to hurt anyone, but that they are simply (very reasonably) wanting to meet their own family. I do have some issues with it, but not knowing the full story, I would hate to comment, and judge the situation unfairly.

As for the rest, I do agree that if at all possible, there should be no need for a "reunion" as a monumental event. If a child has to be adopted, they should know their families the whole time. Mind you, I say that as someone who is parenting two children at risk who cannot, by court order, be in contact with their family, but you know. I'm talking about the majority here, and I don't think my situation is it. It might be nice (though very unorthodox) to show an adoptive family making genuine efforts to be in contact with their child's family. However, I think it is also unorthodox enough to make the general public and/or marketing people uncomfortable. Which is sad, but hopefully, we'll get there. Hell, there was a time in the not so distant past that it was commonly accepted that children not be told they were adopted. The public outside of adopto-land still seems to take a while to catch up because they're not immersed in it.

I'll keep lookin'.

ETA2: A, I thought they were at the first family's home for some reason? Perhaps I assumed, though.

ETA3: @A: Aaaaah. I must have selective hearing. I'm usually not paying too close of attention, and I probably thought I heard, "I'm flying out to...."