Funny, I have completed 17 accounting courses and not one of them taught budgetting had anything to do with gender. Good thing Trudeau finally set the record straight.

As far as some women having difficulty qualifying for EI after the birth of a child; EI leave is meant to replace income the caregiver would otherwise be earning. It is not a "cash for babies" program. If you didn't work enough hours and pay enough EI to get it, you don't deserve it. 

Here's a better idea, don't have kids you can't afford and cry for money. It's called being responsible, an antiquated idea these days.