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Parents of twins can now both take parental leave

by phdinparenting on September 18, 2009

I love it when I get to share some good news as an update to an issue I posted on in the past. Back in November, I wrote about a couple who were having twins where both mom and dad wanted to take parental leave. In double the babies, double the work, double the leave, [...]

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You know the spoiled little rich girl complaining that her Daddy won’t buy her a Porsche and she has to make due with a BMW? If you’re American, you’ll probably think I sound like that spoiled little rich girl after reading this post. I’m sorry.
I’m Canadian.
I have access to almost a year of leave (combined [...]

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If you think your job is safe while you are on maternity or parental leave, think again.
In good economic times, when companies were hiring people right, left and centre, it may not have been easy for them to let go of someone who was pregnant or who was on maternity leave without it being considered [...]

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Double the babies, double the work, double the leave?

by phdinparenting on November 19, 2008

In Canada, parents can take up to one year of leave after a baby is born. That includes 17.5 weeks of maternity leave for the birth mother (and 5 weeks of paternity leave for the father in Quebec), as well as an additional 32 weeks of parental leave that can be taken by the mother, [...]

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A few weeks ago, I wrote about choice. I really think that the freedom to make choices is key in a democratic society. Just because we are able to vote in Canada, doesn’t mean that we have a true democracy (see Fair Vote Canada) and just because we theoretically have the right to choose in [...]

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