Human Resources committee  There was a question earlier in terms of experts in this field. I wanted to point out that Canada has six pediatric palliative care hospices that do amazing work in this area. They don't cover miscarriages or stillbirths, but after the birth and terminal illness of children, they

Human Resources committee  You had a two-part question, and one of them was about telling the story. I fully agree with the other witnesses in terms of the necessity to have this automatic benefit. I can tell you that my oldest son would now be seven, and my second son, Tobias, would now be five, and it'

Human Resources committee  Yes. I want to give you the statistics from the federal level. I actually had to go all the way back to the year 2005, because when I looked at the StatsCan website, I think they stopped recording miscarriages at some stage, so there's even no data available federally anymore on

Human Resources committee  Yes, of course.

Human Resources committee  I just keep thinking about one thing, although I don't know if it has been raised before. The person already raised the point about extended health benefits. I do want to mention that we've talked about whether 12 weeks is enough and whether it's automatic enough. One thing we h

Human Resources committee  Is it possible to go back to the previous question as well? There was a question of what the Canadian government could do to help people.

Human Resources committee  Thank you. I just want to come back to one question earlier: How can the federal government do something for parents? I've actually brought a few examples that I would like to share with you. I fully reiterate what Paula has said, that you're already hearing from researchers du

Human Resources committee  I have to say that my work was very supportive, so I was very fortunate in that sense. We actually discovered—and this is one thing that hasn't been mentioned very often—that so many people are affected.... Actually, at work, people come forward and tell you things that you neve

Human Resources committee  I think the people who were trying to help us in the Service Canada office didn't know exactly how it all worked. That was our problem at the same time. I remember holding these forms and trying to figure them out and I had these very mundane questions like date of death and date

Human Resources committee  I have another example I would like to share. There's a process whereby about a week after delivery a public health nurse does a follow-up call with families, so some information is flowing. Someone tells the nurse that there was a birth and they're to follow up. They don't tell

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Like the previous speaker, I thank MP Blake Richards for supporting motion M-110 and the committee for having given us the possibility to speak today on this important topic. I would like to share my own story with the committee as well. In 2010, my wife Kerstin and