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Many mothers who work as domestic workers have to make an impossible choice: keep your job or breastfeed your child. It’s a decision that carries lifelong health consequences for their babies. A ...

The health department says the problems with placements are overstated but experts wonder if provincial budgets are coping with rising costs.