Hey readers! Hopefully some of you are still checking out my blog enough to see this in time! I just came across some info that everyone should be reading! I am now going to copy and paste the petition (here's the link to go sign it! http://protectbreastfeedingpetition.ca/). Please read it! Here is another link to the original article I read so that you can find out exactly what is going on!
http://www.parentcentral.ca/parent/babiespregnancy/babies/article/930765--breastfeeding-groups-petition-health-canada
This is so important! We need to support mothers and babies with breast feeding as much as possible! Please share this info! :D
Sign the petition! Help us get 100,000 signatures to present to Prime Minister Harper.
The Infant Feeding Action Coalition (INFACT) Canada and INFACT Quebec need your help.
We urge you to sign the petition below for action on improving breastfeeding support for mothers and babies across Canada. We will deliver the signatures directly to Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
Breastfeeding is the unequalled and normal way to feed babies. Although early, exclusive and sustained breastfeeding is recommended for mothers and children by the World Health Organization and Health Canada, many Canadian women terminate breastfeeding early because of lack of needed supports. Recently, the World Cancer Research Fund and the American Institute for Cancer Research (http://www.wcrf.org/) have also added their voices to the need to strengthen societal supports to enable mothers and children to breastfeed as recommended. It is time for our governments to listen to all the evidence why the support for breastfeeding is essential. Action is necessary and includes the implementation of a strategy based on respect for
- the International Code of Marketing of Breastmilk Substitutes;
- World Health Assembly Resolutions on Infant and Young Child Nutrition;
- the UN Global Strategy on Infant and Young Child Feeding as a comprehensive strategy;
- strengthening maternity benefits and workplace supports.
Join INFACT Canada and INFACT Quebec and sign on to the “protect breastfeeding petition” at http://protectbreastfeedingpetition.ca/. You can make a difference for mothers and children, sign the petition, share the petition and join us for a better world for all of us.
For more information contact Elisabeth Sterken at INFACT Canada: esterken@infactcanada.ca or Carole Dobrich at INFACT Quebec: aussiecan@videotron.ca.
INFACT Canada is a non-profit, national organization, the North American coordinating office for the International Baby Food Action Network (IBFAN). INFACT Canada and INFACT Quebec work to protect, promote and support breastfeeding for all mothers and children.
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