maternity leave

Can’t I be a parent—and a politician?

Joe Cressy: In September, I’ll be the first person ever to utilize the City of Toronto’s new parental leave program for city councillors. But for some people, my decision hasn’t been well-received.

Why parental leave rules are shutting out dads

A new report takes a deep dive into Canada’s maternity and parental leave benefits—and finds some counter-intuitive downsides to dads-only parental leave

Is maternity leave a bad idea?

The careers of women, and men, suffer when they take a year off work after having kids

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Idea alert

NDP MP Sana Hassainia proposes increasing EI for parents who have twins and triplets.

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Why MPPs aren’t having more babies

Johnson is Newfoundland’s first active MHA to give birth

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Megapundit: Let’s all listen to Jack Layton!

Must-reads: Randall Denley on paying attention to the Dippers and Greens; Jonathan Kay on Gilles Duceppe’s plight; Greg Weston on maternity leave for the self-employed.