My understanding is that the proposed amendment would have extended or allowed parental benefits to continue for eight weeks. Is that correct? In that case, parents would have had to notify, in some shape or form, Service Canada to let them know the child had passed away.
Obviously, we completely agree that we want to find a compassionate way for that to happen and not create any unnecessary burden on the parents in a time that's very difficult for them. That is why one of the amendments proposed a regulatory authority to put in place a process that is extremely compassionate and minimizes the amount of communication that needs to happen. It's so that the parent can inform Service Canada in as minimal a way as possible that the child has passed away.
