(Ont. Bd. Inq.), the Board of Inquiry applied the United States Supreme Court's decision in Griggs v. Duke Power Co ., 401 U.S. 424 (4 th Cir. 1971) to conclude that Commission policy statements should be given "great deference" if they are consistent with Code values and are formed in a way that is consistent with the legislative history of the Code itself. This latter requirement was interpreted to mean that they were formed through a process of public consultation. III. Code Protections For Pregnancy and Breastfeeding The Supreme Court of Canada has stated that pregnancy cannot be separated from gender. Pregnancy discrimination is a form of sex discrimination simply because of the basic biological fact that only women have the capacity to become pregnant. [6] Section 10(2) of the Code states that "The right to equal treatment without discrimination because of sex includes the right to equal treatment without discrimination because a woman is or may become pregnant." "Pregnancy" includes the process of pregnancy from conception up to the period following childbirth and includes the post-delivery period and breastfeeding. [7] It also includes discrimination against a woman because she is of childbearing age and may become pregnant. [8] The term "pregnancy" takes into account all the special needs and circumstances of a pregnant woman and recognizes that the experiences of women will differ. As noted above, pregnancy includes the post-natal period, which includes breastfeeding. Breastfeeding is a natural part of child-rearing, and so is integrally related to the ground