I haven't seen any discussion of this situation in Canada but it's been getting quite a lot of press...anyone closer to the area want to share what's happening from their perspective?
Karleen Gribble
Australia

http://www.straight.com/article-151971/breastfeeding-gets-cold-shoulder-hospitals
Breast-feeding gets cold shoulder in B.C. hospitals
By Alex Roslin
Breast is best; it's widely known. But just 29 percent of B.C. moms breast-feed their babies exclusively for the first six months of their lives as recommended by Health Canada and the World Health Organization. 

Why so few? One key reason, say breast-feeding advocates, is the solid grip that infant-formula makers have on doctors and nurses. Case in point: the controversy over Nestlé that erupted last month in the maternity ward at Burnaby Hospital. 

When Nestlé Nutrition, a leading formula company, invited health professionals in Burnaby for cocktails and dinner at the city's Hilton Vancouver Metrotown hotel in June-oh, yes, and a little talk on infant nutrition and formula titled "The Infant Feeding Maze"-a staff member at Burnaby Hospital e-mailed the invitation to employees via an internal mail list. 

When word got out to breast-feeding advocates, they mobilized and bombarded Nestlé and health authorities with angry e-mails. They said the event violated the World Health Organization's 1981 International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes. The code, which Canada and the B.C. Health Ministry have signed, says formula makers shouldn't offer "financial or material inducements" to health-care providers to promote their products. 

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