I just read this article and it literally brought tears to my eyes!

"Why Canadian babies should sleep in cardboard boxes like Finnish babies do"-The Globe and mail

The fact that the government won't cover maternity leave unless you have paid into E.I. is bad enough, but to look at the children in Canada and the national poverty crisis! How many expectant mothers don't even bother to see a doctor before they have no choic? The incentive plan the finnish have put in action is quite clearly an effective one! Their message is a comforting and supportive one, a small guesture that says "You matter and so does our baby." Yes OUR baby, that baby will grow in OUR country, be taught in OUR schools, follow OUR laws, and become an essential part of our community. Don't we want OUR children to grow up in the same nurturing and healthy environmen? Don't we want OUR children to proudly say "I am Canadian!"? Please help me tell the Canadian governement it's time to stop attempting to hide our problems in the boxes they keep in the back on the top shelf and start putting babies in them, with love and care in hopes to help each and every one get the start at life they deserve!