As I understand Bill C‑222, it allows parents who lose their child during maternity, paternity or parental leave to continue to benefit from that leave without having to go through administrative procedures. I'm thinking of cases like the one mentioned in a testimony this morning, where people even had to repay certain benefits they had received. Ultimately, this adds to their distress. Those parents are not normally in a state where they have the desire or energy to deal with this kind of a situation.
The great added value of this bill is that it allows parents to grieve and recover without additional stress—financial stress and stress caused by these procedures. That's my understanding of the bill.
