Human Resources committee  I see the stacking as very helpful. I'd like anything that would lengthen the 50 weeks of maternity and parental leave. I didn't get the maternity leave while I was on it; I was sick most of the time. The stacking would have given me time, when I was healthy, to have my parental

Human Resources committee  Yes, it certainly starts to address it. Flexibility is a really good idea. In my case, I had surgery. It took eight weeks to recover from that. Then I felt pretty good. Then I started chemotherapy, and I didn't feel the side effects from that for about a month and a half. Once I

Human Resources committee  Good morning. I am pleased to be here today to tell you my story. I hope it encourages you to pass Bill C-44 and make some much needed changes to the EI Act. I gave birth to my second son, Nolan, on March 9, 2010. I had a very uncomfortable pregnancy, as I felt very ill and t