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Hello Ward!

 AA>> WD> Amazing, that discussion has already been had here ... my
 AA>> WD> very wife was in such a program for close to 10 years
 AA>> WD> where she was paid as a stay-at-home mam.

 AA>> Your income to support her wasn't good enough?

 WD> Why do I need to support a female? Are you still at the
 WD> "Daddy brings home the bacon" level? That's pre-historic.

Some companies in Canada do offer a maternity leave and  
compensations. The gov't does too - for up to 6 months if I  
recall, or even up to a year.

Paternity leave is also now a thing.

Here in Canada there are clever persons just fine with the  
gov't supporting their predicaments as unwed/single parent, no- 
income, etc.


 WD> The system is pretty straightforward. [...]
 WD> [...] When the stay-at-home person returns to the
 WD> job, the fill-in person has had the opportunity to get
 WD> work-experience and stands a better chance of applying for
 WD> a job ...

 WD> Some people call it a win-win ...

Some of the new dads or mams don't even bother returning to  
their previous employer, and basically run with the money.

I was asked by a previous employee to keep her on the payroll  
long enough so that she could qualify for the minimum 52 weeks  
of employment when I bought a business in which she was  
previously employed.  She got her gov't-paid maternity leave,  
so did her partner, and she never returned to work (either it  
was her choice or simply a logistical matter after she had  
moved to be closer to her mother).  It wasn't a win-win for me  
at all.

 AA>> Enough to know that regular consumption is not good for the
 AA>> body.

 WD> Canadian beer is very good at cleansing the urinary tract.

Yeah.. perhaps that is needed to remove the sludge that your  
altenative beers create.

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