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Corporate Welfare: Labour Force expansion policies: The OECD and the World Bank seek a larger, globalized, more “flexible” Labour Force

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 10, 2008June 17, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Corporate Welfare: Labour Force expansion policies (cat link): The OECD and the World Bank seek a larger, globalized, more “flexible” Labour Force. Importing low-wage labour means higher profits through lower wages. This Guardian article describes the situation in Europe. “Putting…

HELP spokesman Paul Kershaw seeks neo-liberal state coersion of parents’ child rearing decisions.

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 5, 2008June 1, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Welfare reform, workfare, McJobs, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

HELP spokesman Paul Kershaw seeks neo-liberal state coersion of parents’ child rearing decisions. Read excerpts from chapter 10, “Carefair: Gendering Citizenship ‘Neo-Liberal’ Style (google books),” by Paul Kershaw, leading spokesperson at Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP) and leading child/family policy…

Spring 2008: Kids First Submission to the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science, and Technology re: OECD “Starting Strong II” Report and Kids First Policy Recommendations

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 4, 2008June 5, 2020in Government Submissions, Misc.

Spring 2008. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - government submission (PDF): "Submission to SEnate Committe on Social Affairs, Science and Technology" and Spring 2008. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - government submission (PDF): "Policy Recommendations 2008 Inclusion, Equality,…

Daycare Promotion by Corporate Right and Neo-Cons/Neo-Liberals

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 1, 2008June 2, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc.

Though often thought of as “left-wing,” daycare and other institutional care/learning have long been aggressively promoted by the corporate right, which is not known for being “family friendly.” Check out the child policy of these organizations: The World Bank (broken…

BC Ministry of Education response of Mar 4, 2008 to Kids First request for equitable parental participation in talks on full-day schooling for ages 3-5

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 4, 2008May 26, 2020in Misc.

Helen Ward, PresidentKids First Parent Association of Canada Email: info@kidsfirstcanada.org March 4, 2007 [sic]Our Ref: 124874 Dear Helen Ward: Thank you for your email dated February 29, 2008, sent to the Honourable Shirley Bond, Minister of Education, regarding your concerns…

Is full-day schooling for ages 3-5 a foregone conclusion?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 1, 2008May 26, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Misc., UBC's Human Early Learnning Partnership (HELP), EDI $ MDI

UBC body promoting more institutional child care announces "Universal 'Child Care' Coming" before the so called "consultation" has even taken place or the "agency" to discuss it has been formed. This group—the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP)—is led by leading…

Watch your language! A word on words: "work", "stay-at-home mum", "single-earner

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 1, 2008June 15, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Policy with promise, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

In the income-splitting and child-care debates, it is important not to devalue the work parents—especially women—do looking after our own children or any other form of unpaid, uncommodified work. The daycare lobby devalues this work already—we do not need to…

Kids First letter of Feb 29, 2008 to BC Minister of Education requesting to be involved in consultation on full day schooling for ages 3-5

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon February 29, 2008May 26, 2020in Misc.

Dear Minister Bond:The throne speech announced the creation of an agency to explore the possibility of full day kindergarten for children ages 3-5.We ask that the money set aside for this be delivered to parents to help pay for our…

“Research” the BC government is using in all-day schooling consultation

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon February 25, 2008June 3, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby

“Research” the BC government is using in all-day schooling consultation (PDF): The list provided by the Ministry of Education at our request reveals a great deal of material by daycare lobbyists and their organizations, most of it not peer reviewed…

Billionaire McCain Displays Contempt for Low-Wage Nannies

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon February 20, 2008June 17, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Misc.

In the February 14, 2008 Senate Hearing, Margaret McCain, wife of the frozen-French-fry billionaire, made the following insulting unsupported comments about nannies (paid "in-house caregivers"), many of whom are immigrants from racial minorities. No Senator is recorded as questioning her…

All-Day Schooling for Ages 3 to 5? (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon February 1, 2008May 26, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Misc.

From the February 2008 Throne Speech (broken link): "A new Early Childhood Learning Agency will be established. It will assess the feasibility and costs of full school day kindergarten for five-year-olds. It will also undertake a feasibility study of providing…

Do UBC Professors Misrepresent Peer-Reviewed Research Findings of Negative Impacts of Daycare?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon January 10, 2008May 22, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc., UBC's Human Early Learnning Partnership (HELP), EDI $ MDI

Do UBC Professors Misrepresent Peer-Reviewed Research Findings of Negative Impacts of Daycare? January 3, 2008. Steve Doughty. Daily Mail (UK) - article: Download PDF here. The US NICHD massive Child Care Effects study found lasting NEGATIVE BEHAVIOUR EFFECTS for children…

Care Control Revolution: UK moves away from state control of care decisions to provide direct cash benefits to elderly and disabled for care costs—why not parents? (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 10, 2007June 17, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Policy with promise, Power imbalance between parents & state

Care Control Revolution: UK moves away from state control of care decisions to provide direct cash benefits to elderly and disabled for care costs—why not parents? The Health Minister calls this a “radical transfer of power from the state to…

Canadian Teens Out-Score OECD Average and Sweden on Academic Tests

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 1, 2007June 16, 2020in Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Sweden

Canadian Teens Out-Score OECD Average and Sweden on Academic Tests. See charts on page 60-64 of “Measuring Up: Canadian Results of the OECD PISA Study The Performance of Canada’s Youth in Science, Reading and Mathematics: 2006 First Results for Canadians…

Nov. 30 2007—Kids First President Helen Ward and activist Kate Tennier in Ottawa Citizen on push for full-day Kindergarten (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 30, 2007June 3, 2020in Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural

Nov. 30 2007—Kids First President Helen Ward and activist Kate Tennier in Ottawa Citizen on push for full-day Kindergarten: More School isn’t Always Better (broken link)