Daycare Bill C-303 Update Nov 2007: Liberal MP’s Letter Reveals Bill C-303 is about Political Games, not Keeping “Big Box” Daycare Chains Out (download PDF here)
Author: kidsfirstcanada
Parents Association Of Canada
Working Mothers: Most mothers are not at full-time paid jobs
WORKING MOTHERS Most mothers are not at full-time paid jobs. Only about 6%—not 70% as we are told—of mothers of children under 3 are at full time jobs.These graphs (download PDF here) present a breakdown of mothers’ labour force participation…
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Statistics Canada: More mums are breastfeeding longer after Employment Insurance leave increased from 6 months to 1 year (broken link)
Statistics Canada: More mums are breastfeeding longer after Employment Insurance leave increased from 6 months to 1 year (brokenl ink)
Britain’s Daily Mail finds Swedish woman are asking for an end to daycare discrimination
Britain’s Daily Mail finds Swedish woman are asking for an end to daycare discrimination: women are far from equal after 30 years of policy discriminating against parental child care. Parents in Britain—and Canada—take note! Nov 26, 2007. Daiy Mail -…
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Welsh parent says switch to parental care after 4 years of daycare eliminated son’s problematic behaviour revealing his true character (broken link)
Welsh parent says switch to parental care after 4 years of daycare eliminated son’s problematic behaviour revealing his true character. (broken link)
Is there a labour shortage and should mothers have to fill it?
2007. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - info brief (PDF): "Is there a labour shortage and should mothers have to fill it?"
June 2007: Transcript of Presentation and Q & A Re: Bill C-303 to HUMA (broken link)
June 2007. Transcript of Presentation and Q & A Re: Bill C-303 to HUMA (broken link)
Article: “Parents of babies to be given ‘learning diaries’ so experts can monitor children”
May 29, 2007. Daily Mail - article (web): "Parents of babies to be given 'learning diaries' so experts can monitor children" This article about new Orwellian tactics was brought to our attention via Sweden. It seems there is money for…
April 2007: Kids First Submission Opposing Discriminatory Bill C-303 (in English and in French)
April 2007: Kids First Submission Opposing Discriminatory Bill C-303 English: April 2007. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - gov. sub. (PDF): Bill C-303 Brief [Eng] French: April 2007. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - gov. sub. (PDF): Bill…
Take action against Bill C-303 on early learning and child care
Bill C-303 is the latest attempt by the daycare lobby elite to hijack all funding for "early learning and child care."This Bill is now being debated in a Parliamentary Committee. So far, it is supported by all three opposition parties.Please…
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Another tax-funded daycare lobby cash cow feeding at the “child care” trough (broken link)
Another government funded and actually Federal Government run daycare lobby outfit is the federal Child Care Human Resources Sector Council.In 2006 it received $811,966 from the Federal Government and $490,351 in 2005: 2005-2006 Annual Report, p. 8 (PDF)It states it…
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National Institute for Child Health and Human Development Child Care Outcomes Study—Report of Findings to Grade 5 and 6
National Institute for Child Health and Human Development Child Care Outcomes Study—Report of Findings to Grade 5 and 6 (PDF): The study defined “child care” as non-maternal care over 10 hours per week. The main findings were that children who…
A fairer way to fund child care: Montreal Gazette. 1-5 are in daycare centres (broken link)
A fairer way to fund child care (broken link): Montreal Gazette. Correction to info in article: Quebec pays up to $60/day/child ($15,700/yr) to daycare centres to subsidize operation costs. Regulation, capital, training, etc are additional costs. Only 21% of Quebec…
Comments on Child Care Spaces Report
Comments on Child Care Spaces Report: Mar 30, 2007. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - res & comm (PDF: "Comments on THe Child Care Spaces Report" Original report: https://www.worldcat.org/title/child-care-spaces-recommendations-supporting-canadian-children-families-addressing-the-gap-between-the-supply-and-demand-for-high-quality-child-care-report-from-the-ministerial-advisory-committee-on-the-government-of-canadas-child-care-spaces-initiative-submitted-to-the-hon-monte-solberg-minister-of-human-resources-and-social-development/oclc/758628443
Mustard’s Contempt for Parents: “17% of parents are godawful”
Mustard’s Contempt for Parents: “17% of parents are godawful” and only one third of us are “competent” says World Bank backed daycare lobbyist, Dr. Fraser Mustard in a Toronto Star article: Mar 26, 2007. Toronto Star - excerpts (PDF): "Canada…
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