"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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