Seriously, I would do anything for affordable healthcare and childcare that didn’t require me to sell my soul and work 80 hours a week. Bring on the ice, o Canada!

You need to have a certain number of taxed work hours built up in the system before you can take the second round of leave — it’s on the same system as Employment Insurance. I can’t remember the exact number of hours I needed to have to build up my time between mooselings #1 and #2, but the EI website says it’s 600…

Yeah, ok, but the thing in Quebec is that you get to choose. No one forces you to take a full year, though I admit few daycare centres accept kids less than six-month-old. But usually, if the woman doesn’t want to take a full year, the man can take the other part. A LOT of fathers do that around me and then, you don’t…

As long as we do something about the cost of daycare as well. If we’re offering longer leaves for those who want it we should certainly be offering affordable alternatives for those who don’t.

The point is that it is available for those who want and need it—as the author noted in her piece, someone on a mat-leave contract gets two weeks notice if the person on leave decides to come back early. Canada’s policies don’t force you to take the whole leave but it’s certainly available—and I would guess the…

Dude, I cannot WAIT until the male birth control options that are currently in clinical trials are made available to the market. Then hopefully dudes will get a taste of the judgemental crap akin to your statement.

Dammit... my sarcasm button is broken. ;)