Human Resources committee   associated with that need, in consideration of this new national maternity assistance program? How can we help families? How can we help women who have chosen to have another child and who need help with the costs? You've shared the cost after your delivery, but are there costs

Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, I didn't want to interrupt the testimony or the questions, but the focus of Bill C-243 is on how we can help women who are already in the workforce. I think the questions just asked would be really appropriate for a future study of this committee, but in the limited

Human Resources committee  You alluded to your personal experience. You said that you recommended that women be allowed to fill out the tax benefit forms prior to the delivery. Right now, you have to fill out the forms after delivery; is that correct? What kind of waiting time did you experience

Human Resources committee   questions. In the remaining portion of his bill, assuming it's amended, the minister must “conduct consultations on the prospect of developing a national maternity assistance program to support women who are unable to work due to pregnancy and whose employer is unable to accommodate

Human Resources committee  Okay. I don't think it's fair to assume that and for the department to disqualify certain Canadian women who are expecting a baby because it is assuming that more people may then take this. If more people take this, maybe more people need it. We need to take care of Canadian

Human Resources committee  I understand your point. Thank you. I'm sorry again for cutting you off, but there would be no cost to the Government of Canada if 100% of women who qualified chose to use it up. If a portion of them had a pregnancy that went beyond the due date, they would have to wait until

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, the other petition is with respect to sex selection. The petition highlights the fact that ultrasounds are being used to determine the sex of the preborn child, and if it is a girl, tragically, the pregnancy ends. It notes that discrimination against women and girls

Committees of the House  Madam Speaker, sunny days are over. We have a member who is quite bitter, it appears to me, and is making comments that really are not based on fact. The previous government was the government that took our Canadian veterans and our brave men and women from the decade

Instruction to Committee on Bill C-243   to protect moms. The member has brought up a very important point. It is not just welding. That is what Bill C-243 is focusing on: women who are in high-risk vocations like welding and the contaminants in the air involved with welding. We heard testimony that any strenuous job could

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Dr. Cherry, Mr. Tadic mentioned the declining birth rate in Canada. Are you aware of any statistics regarding the birth rate in Quebec as opposed to nationally? Is it similar, because Quebec has a program to help women? Is it a similar birth rate decline in Quebec

Human Resources committee  So, the government is opposing women's having the flexibility, the choice to go the full 15 weeks, because they want to be a maternity coach. Is that what you're saying?

Human Resources committee  , but in the north it's 15 years less. In the general population right now, one in six people is a senior. In six years it will one in five, and in 13 years it will be one in four. Yet in the north both men and women are living much shorter lifespans—they are expected

Sex Selection  Mr. Speaker, over 200 million women and girls are missing, gone forever. There is a dangerous gender imbalance in the world. This global crisis is called gendercide, and is caused by sex selection. The world has become a very dangerous place for girls because many prefer boys

Petitions  Mr. Speaker, I am honoured to present three petitions today. The first is with regard to gender-based violence against women and girls. The petitioners highlight that the worst form of discrimination against females begins before they are born due to the practice of sex

Holodomor   of Ukrainian men, women, and children who were killed by starvation from 1932-1933. This atrocity was perpetrated by the brutal Stalin regime. Stalin had all the food in eastern Ukraine confiscated. Ten million died by starvation. We are blessed to live in Canada, a country that values