Significant policy shifts have been made, but government still leaving surrogacy families behind

It is time the government and all Parliamentarians look to include a 15-week benefit for parents via surrogacy in this much-needed EI modernization. Because it’s 2022.

Minister of Employment, Workforce Development and Disability Inclusion Carla Qualtrough, pictured June 2, 2022, on the Hill. Liberals campaigned to make parental leave more inclusive for some families, extending a full year's leave to parents pursuing adoption, writes Jacquie LaRocque. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY JACQUIE LAROCQUE

November 23, 2022

OTTAWA—In what feels like a lifetime ago, I worked on the very federal government policy that I write about today: extended parental benefits for Canadian families. Despite the goodwill, new parents who build their families via surrogacy can’t access these benefits in th...

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