Press Study launched on parental benefits The Guardian, December 16, 2002. New parental benefits may not deliver By Lori A. Mayne, Capital News Online, October 20, 2000. Benefiting from extended parental leave by Katherine Marshall, The Daily, March 21, 2003. The Government of Canada is launching a pilot project to ensure full access to maternity and parental benefits for mothers on preventative withdrawal from work HRDC News Release, September 26, 2002 ©2004, Women's Network PEI, Inc.