When there is infant loss in a family, everybody is affected. When there is infant loss in a workplace, everybody grieves.
We need to move this bill forward. We need to make sure people understand the essence of this bill. We know if you care for one, you care for many. If we support those parents in their grief, that ripple goes beyond, to their extended family, to their neighbours and to their co-workers and colleagues. This bill gives people not only the financial support they need, but all of the social support that comes with that.
We're never going to be able to prevent infant loss. What we can prevent is retraumatizing families. We can prevent the harm. We can prevent people being forced back too soon. The words you've heard today—heartbreak, shock, harm, trauma and cruelty—change you. We can change all of that by getting this bill out of committee, getting this bill voted on and getting this bill enacted.