I remember the article, Teresa. There is a way to access the archives but it
costs $4.95 to purchase the article - http://www.fpinfomart.ca

Women in Canada are only eligible for maternity leave if they meet the
criteria - they must have worked 600 hours in the previous 12 months, and
they must be eligible for Employment Insurance - self-employed women,
including owners of companies (sometimes even corporations) and women
working on contract who do not or cannot contribute to EI are not eligible.

Infact Canada has an information page on Canada's maternity benefits as
compared to that in other countries:

http://www.infactcanada.ca/MatBenefits.html

These changes took effect at the beginning of 2001 and I've been waiting to
see published data on whether or not the breastfeeding duration rates
improved in Canada, but I haven't seen anything yet.

-- Jodine Chase
Who is self-employed and not eligible for maternity leave, but her partner
is considering taking his full 37 weeks of paternity leave.


On 1/9/05 5:04 PM, "Teresa DeSantis" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> "40% get nothing for maternity leave"
> 
> http://www.canada.com/national/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=4978e050-
> 11ad-4569-9ca2-47aff49791b2
> 
> A friend sent me this article from the National Post published on
> Canada.com in March 2004. They reported that 40% of Canadian women are not
> eligible for maternity leave benefits. The article link has expired and
> I'm not sure if there is a way to access it again. I don't remember the
> exact stats or how they reported them, however they interviewed a dentist
> I remember.  I believe there are a large number of women in Canada who do
> struggle with this issue.
> 
> Teresa DeSantis
> Ontario, Canada
> 
> 
> Date:    Sun, 9 Jan 2005 12:32:58 -0800
> From:    Rhoda Taylor <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: working and breastfeeding
> 
> Although a many women do return to work 'early' (under 6mos) especially
> professional self employed women, please note that most women in Canada
> have a full year maternity leave. In a great many, perhaps even most,
> cases
> they receive full salary. This makes the returning to work while
> breastfeeding situation very different from that of the US. We find the
> books and articles written and published in the US largely inapplicable as
> I expect you would find articles and books written from a Canadian
> perspective. The number of women who would be able or interested in
> submitting a story would be similarly smaller. It is simply not a common
> experience even in areas with high breastfeeding rates. Returning to work
> with an older child breastfeeding is so very different. Still emotional
> and
> hard to leave, but different.
>

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