Indeed, both the federal government and the Government of Quebec have similar legislation, in the sense that if a women who is pregnant or nursing feels that she needs to be reassigned and that there is a risk to her health or that of her fetus, she could be temporarily reassigned. She can make that request, which has to be listened to by the employer. She can have her job modified or she can take a leave of absence.
Now, in Quebec, they do have an income replacement program that's specific to the issue of a woman taking preventative leave with respect to health and safety. Federally what we have is the ability to use employment insurance, either through sickness benefits...before her term is up. So it's very similar in terms of what rights the woman has in terms of preventative leave should she feel that her health and safety or that of the fetus.... But in terms of programming, it's through our employment insurance as opposed to the Quebec program, which has the income replacement. We feel that in both cases women are protected in our sectors.