It extended the health benefits from 15 weeks to 52 weeks for those experiencing health problems such as cancer or transplants. It received a ringing endorsement from the Cancer Society and the Heart and Stroke Foundation, but the bill was defeated in committee by the Conservatives at the time.
As I listen to your compelling story, Ms. Kittmer, and the distress that you would have experienced through that, I can see that a bill like that would be more supportive or a little bit easier to work with than this.
How do you see this legislation? Is it the stacking provisions that you see as being of benefit for the duration? How do you see it playing out?