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Tim Hortons officially apologized after its staff asked a breastfeeding mother to cover up at a local coffee shop. Owner of a local breastfeeding support group, Megan Irvine, explained that Stacey Kennelly of North Bay, Ont., was travelling through the Tweed area on the Labour Day weekend and nursing her child while waiting in line at Tim Hortons. She alleged that “a female supervisor came over to her and said, ‘I have to ask you to cover up while you’re nursing’,” adding that but “this mother knew her rights and said no.”
Kennelly stated that the supervisor was apparently asked by the manager to make the request and “so she asked to speak to the manager, he came over and said it was store policy for mothers to cover up.” Consequently, Irvine’s group held a breastfeeding protest outside and inside the Tim Hortons outlet on Sunday. Kennelly has also decided to pursue a complaint with the Ontario Human Rights Commission. She stated that “I will not be dealing directly with Tim Hortons as this isn’t an issue with a service they did or did not provide, but a blatant violation of human rights.”
In addition to that, Kennelly also highlighted that “I informed the employee and then the manager that they were incorrect in their assumptions that I was required to cover up,” and “I brought up the human rights website that outlines my rights as a nursing mother. The manager refused to look at it and kept insisting ‘it’s not a problem’, that he is just following head office policy.”
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