Wal-Mart apologizes to nursing mother

LANGFORD, British Columbia, July 19 (UPI) -- A British Columbia woman says Wal-Mart apologized to her after telling her she couldn't breastfeed in public at one of the chain's stores, she said.

Tanya Constable was at the Wal-Mart in Langford, near Victoria, July 16, when her 11-month-old daughter, Myra, started to cry. Constable told the Vancouver Sun when she started to breastfeed Myra a store employee told her she couldn't nurse in the children's department and said she had to go to a washroom.

The 27-year-old mother went to a manager and was told if someone complains the store policy is to ask the mother to move. Constable said there were no other customers in the baby section.

She left the store when she was asked to move.

Kevin Groh, director of corporate affairs for Wal-Mart Canada, said the employee was wrong to suggest Constable should move. Groh apologized to her on behalf of the store.