"[A]n amazing 12 per cent of Canada's population of Canada is descended from these British Home Children. That translates into nearly four million people, or one in every eight Canadians. Of these 100,000 who came to Canada, fewer than 10,000 are still alive. These 'children' are now in their 90s; the clock is ticking for them. Let us now give them the honour and recognition they deserve." -- Cecil Verge as quoted by Michael Staples, Daily Gleaner