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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]16 weeks sounds good. But under your plan, who pays for it, OP?  Unfortunately many employers, especially small ones, just don't have the funds to pay someone who isn't working. If you expect the government to pay, are you comfortable with the higher taxes this would require, like in European countries?  I'd like to have free healthcare and a new car too, but the money has to come from somewhere.

Honestly, I think that women who are of childbearing age, along with their partners, should sock away money long BEFORE getting pregnant to cover their leave. Obviously those who are truly low-income and won't be able to do this, and there should be provisions made to help in that situation, but I bet you 90% of the women on DCUM who are outraged about the lack of unpaid leave could have skipped a few dinners out or pairs of shoes along the way, and over time saved up 16 weeks of salary.  That's what we did, and we are by NO means wealthy.[/quote]

I'm in Quebec and it is the government(well, us actually!) who pays for maternity leave, not the employers.[/quote]

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