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Vancouver mom Chelsea Heney waited until the age of 40 to have her first baby last November .

She is among many Canadians who have put off parenthood for financial or other reasons.

More than half of potential parents said they have delayed having children longer than they ideally would have liked.

Four in 10 said they will “definitely” not have or raise a kid in the future.

Parents in Croatia are entitled to full pay from the Croatian Health Insurance Fund if they’ve paid into social security for at least nine consecutive months.

In Canada , the federal government has been consulting for years on how to modernize the Employment Insurance program so it better meets the needs of workers and employers.

The federal government is looking at adjusting and changing parental leave benefits, says Moms at Work .

Fewer men ( 51.8 per cent ) said they had access to parental benefits through their employer.

StatCan: Company top-ups are still not as common in Canada as they should be.

“This is not a huge investment for companies to make if they want to encourage people to stay and feel more confident in having children,” she said.