Why new dads can and should take paternity leave

 QUESTION Dear Adele, My husband and I are expecting our first child shortly. While I plan to take a generous maternity leave, I think my husband should also take some paternity leave, and share the load, so to speak. He, on the other hand, sees no reason for him to

4 important Ottawa employment laws you need to know about

 Did you know that Ottawa is the fourth-largest municipality in Canada with almost one million residents? If you are a new business operating in Ottawa, there are some critical employment laws that you have to be aware of. Keep reading to learn more about these laws to make sure you

Can Wait Times for Hip Replacements in Canada be Shortened?

 Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons.  I spent my life teaching actuarial science at a university. As a result, I calculated lots of numbers:  averages, expected values, variances. But, they were only numbers. What I didn’t see was the individual human story behind each calculation. But now that I am the