N.S. government promises to act on NDP parental leave concern
New Democrat Claudia Chender, who has hounded the government over the issue, said she's skeptical of the minister's promise.
New Democrat Claudia Chender says the Liberals should have accepted her party's proposed amendments to the Labour Standards Code.
‘With all due respect, if the government agreed with us, they should have accepted our amendment and changed the bill,’ she said.
Chender said as the law is now written, some EI claimants could qualify to receive the cheque from Ottawa but not have any job protection.
‘That means they've got to go back into the workforce with a small child and look for a new job in an already difficult labour market,’ she said.
‘If they don't take their leave it means they don't have the opportunity to be home with their child which we know is so important.’”