Update on Breastfeeding Rights Rally in Ontario
November 12, 2008 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under activism, breastfeeding, law
While I have not heard official word from the mothers involved in the rally, readers Kate and Kelly both alerted me to an excellent article at Parent Central. Susan Pigg reports:
Fearing that dozens of angry lactivists might show up at her pool, Karkouti contacted York Regional Police.
When it became clear they had no intention of sending uniformed officers, she says, Karkouti hired $400 worth of her own protection – four security guards who kept the 20 or so protesters, many of them children, at bay.
“I guess that’s what they come with,” Karkouti said yesterday of the Kevlar-clad guards. “I …read more
Ontario Canada Breastfeeding Laws and Human Rights Commission Complaints
November 11, 2008 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under activism, breastfeeding, law, nursing in public
In light of the intense debate generated by the post on a pool owner asking a mother to breastfeed in the change room, it might be enlightening for all interested to review the Ontario, Canada law on breastfeeding in public.
Section 10(2) The Ontario Human Rights Code specifies:
The right to equal treatment without discrimination because of sex includes the right to equal treatment without discrimination because a woman is or may become pregnant.
R.S.O. 1990, c. H.19, s. 10 (2).
The Ontario Human Rights Commission (OHRC) developed a Policy on Discrimination Because of Pregnancy and Breastfeeding (PDF document) which further explains the law …read more
Breastfeeding Rights Rally in Ontario on November 7, 2008
November 6, 2008 by Angela White, J.D., breastfeeding counselor
Filed under activism, breastfeeding, law
Image by _shward_ of past breastfeeding rally
You are invited to a breastfeeding rights rally on Friday, November 7, 2008, in Newmarket, Ontario.
The Breastfeeding Discrimination Incident
Nursing mother Cinira Longuinho explains:
I was breastfeeding my daughter on the steps of the swimming pool when Ms. Ellie Karkouti, the owner of the facility, came to speak with me. Ms. Karkouti said they had one complaint and that I could not breastfeed my daughter in the swimming pool. She said if I wanted to breastfeed I would have use the changeroom. I tried to say that based on the law I had the right to …read more






