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e-4377 (Employment and labour)
E-petition
Initiated by Sarah Cormier from Airdrie, Alberta
Original language of petition: English
Petition to the Government of Canada
Whereas:
- Parents who experience the loss of a child are often left without financial support or job security while they are grieving;
- Motion 110 (42-1) called on the Government of Canada to improve the compassion and support offered to grieving parents by the federal government;
- The House of Commons passed Motion 110 (42-1) unanimously;
- The Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities undertook a study on Motion 110 (42-1);
- The Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities tabled a report entitled Supporting Families After the Loss of a Child, which contained seven key recommendations to improve the compassion and support offered to grieving parents by the federal government;
- The signatories of this petition recognize the announcement by the Government of Canada of their intention to implement some of these recommendations in the 2023 Federal Budget; and
- The Government of Canada has still not implemented all of the recommendations in the report.
We, the undersigned, Citizens of Canada, call upon the Government of Canada to:
Implement a bereavement benefit for all grieving parents of pregnancy and infant loss; and
Implement all seven of the recommendations contained within the report of the Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social Development and the Status of Persons with Disabilities entitled Supporting Families After the Loss of a Child.
- Open for signature
- March 31, 2023, at 3:23 p.m. (EDT)
- Closed for signature
- May 30, 2023, at 3:23 p.m. (EDT)
