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The disparity in Employment Insurance Benefits is a social justice issue for:
-adoptive parents and their children
-LGBTQ communities
-Child Welfare Agencies and Advocates
-All Canadian citizens who believe that both biological and adoptive children deserve the best possible start to life!
Issues related to Adoptive Families:
(1) bonding and attachment issues of adoptive children,(2) health issues, physical and psychological, (3) high incidence of special needs, (4) post-adoption depression, (5) complexities in breastfeeding adoptive babies, (6) establishing relationships with birth families, (7) travel for international adoption, (8) adapting to cross-cultural and transracial adoption
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Reached 1,000 supporters
December 12, 2011
December 7, 2011
I just saw that we hit 100 signatures and I am honestly stunned. This really belongs to all of you who took the time to read this and care about these families.
Reached 100 supporters
December 5, 2011
37 Comments
through the usual stages pregnancy the parents know what is coming and are prepared for it. Often adoptive parents have little or no time to prepare when a child becomes available for them.
Yes, all of my friends who gave birth "recovered" with in days of deliver...to two weeks if cesarean. However things like "attachement" which typically happens immediately at birth or before for that matter... to shortly following, can take much longer after adoption and bring a whole host of other issues birth parents will not need to deal with.
I believe adoptive parents should have equal maternity leave as natural parents. I am a foster parent and know how important it is for the children to have the proper time to bond with their new parents. Adoptive parents need time to get to know the child and the child also needs to get to know them. Why should they be discriminated against for being adopted?
Equality for all families!!!! A parent is a parent however it came to be. Treating those who have adopted children differently is ridiculous and completely unfair. I 'physically' gave birth to my babies...the 'extra' 15 months I was given was not spent physically recovering from childbirth....it was spent bonding with my children!
The Canadian Government recognizes the benefits that children receive from having their mothers/fathers be the sole caregivers for a full year. Why does my daughter get exempted from these proven benefits? If the Government would simply take away the distinction of medical leave and lump it all in as parental leave, this blatant act of discrimination would be solved.
It's not always as easy as bringing your adopted baby home from the hospital. Some families have to use part of their leave traveling to another province or country to bring baby home. Some have a very stressful 30 day wait, while others may have weeks or months dealing with medical needs and trying to form attachment to the child. Adoptive parents as well as adoptive children deserve equality!
Bonding with a biological child or adopted child has the same psychological adjustment issues and should be assessed with equal EI benefits.
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Sincerely, Lisa Zoppi, Adoptive Parent and MSW candidate, University of Toronto.
**PLEASE NOTE: after you sign the petition you will be directed to a DONATIONS page for the website host ipetitions. THIS DONATION is completely voluntary and has NO RELATION to, or IMPACT upon, the petition.
More Information about this Petition
The disparity in Employment Insurance Benefits is a social justice issue for:
-adoptive parents and their children
-LGBTQ communities
-Child Welfare Agencies and Advocates
-All Canadian citizens who believe that both biological and adoptive children deserve the best possible start to life!
Issues related to Adoptive Families:
(1) bonding and attachment issues of adoptive children,(2) health issues, physical and psychological, (3) high incidence of special needs, (4) post-adoption depression, (5) complexities in breastfeeding adoptive babies, (6) establishing relationships with birth families, (7) travel for international adoption, (8) adapting to cross-cultural and transracial adoption
Your participation in this petition is completely voluntary. By signing this petition you acknowledge that your information will be submitted to the Federal government of Canada. The information collected from this petition may be used anonymously for research purposes; however identifying information will not be used.
Updates
Reached 1,000 supporters
December 12, 2011
December 7, 2011
I just saw that we hit 100 signatures and I am honestly stunned. This really belongs to all of you who took the time to read this and care about these families.
Reached 100 supporters
December 5, 2011
37 Comments
I am an adopted parent and I am on parental leave from work and going through my own adoption "issues". I am having a hard time accepting the fact that I was not able to get pregnant and the government clearly separates adopted parents from birth parents. I believe it's discrimination. We need the time to bond with the child!
through the usual stages pregnancy the parents know what is coming and are prepared for it. Often adoptive parents have little or no time to prepare when a child becomes available for them.
Yes, all of my friends who gave birth "recovered" with in days of deliver...to two weeks if cesarean. However things like "attachement" which typically happens immediately at birth or before for that matter... to shortly following, can take much longer after adoption and bring a whole host of other issues birth parents will not need to deal with.
I believe adoptive parents should have equal maternity leave as natural parents. I am a foster parent and know how important it is for the children to have the proper time to bond with their new parents. Adoptive parents need time to get to know the child and the child also needs to get to know them. Why should they be discriminated against for being adopted?
Equality for all families!!!! A parent is a parent however it came to be. Treating those who have adopted children differently is ridiculous and completely unfair. I 'physically' gave birth to my babies...the 'extra' 15 months I was given was not spent physically recovering from childbirth....it was spent bonding with my children!
The Canadian Government recognizes the benefits that children receive from having their mothers/fathers be the sole caregivers for a full year. Why does my daughter get exempted from these proven benefits? If the Government would simply take away the distinction of medical leave and lump it all in as parental leave, this blatant act of discrimination would be solved.
It's not always as easy as bringing your adopted baby home from the hospital. Some families have to use part of their leave traveling to another province or country to bring baby home. Some have a very stressful 30 day wait, while others may have weeks or months dealing with medical needs and trying to form attachment to the child. Adoptive parents as well as adoptive children deserve equality!
Bonding with a biological child or adopted child has the same psychological adjustment issues and should be assessed with equal EI benefits.
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I am an adopted parent and I am on parental leave from work and going through my own adoption "issues". I am having a hard time accepting the fact that I was not able to get pregnant and the government clearly separates adopted parents from birth parents. I believe it's discrimination. We need the time to bond with the child!