Should ‘birth tourism’ be allowed in Canada? | Learn ‘test someone’s patience’

Published: Jan. 17, 2019, noon

Each year, thousands of mothers travel to Canada just to have a baby. They leave a month later, with a passport for their newborn. Some companies in China offer full-service birth tourism services, just like a travel agency. It’s perfectly legal, but should it be? Some Canadians think so-called birth tourism is an abuse of the system. Plus, learn what it means to test someone’s patience.

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