Feb 2, 2006Helen Ward, PresidentKid First Parent Association of Canada604-291-0088 Who cares about the children and families in Quebec? Outright lies go routinely unchallenged about the Quebec daycare system. "Don't worry—be happy!" is the mindless new Canadian way. We are…
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Daycare Dis-information Buster: Under 10 % of Children in Daycare
Helen WardKids First Parent Association of Canada Less than 10% of all children age 0-12 spend any time at all in any form of government-registered daycare, full-time or part-time. Vanier Institute had a pie chart of Statistics Canada info in…
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Royal Bank of Canada Vice President Charlie Coffey speaks of the “business imperative” in “Early Child Development,”
Royal Bank of Canada Vice President Charlie Coffey speaks of the “business imperative” in “Early Child Development,” which means daycare. Speech textVideo of speech
Parents vs State Intervention in Child-Rearing: Clarifying our Roles
January 4, 2006 Last month, Scott Reid, chief of communications for the Liberal Party, repeatedly insisted that parents would "blow" the $1200/year per child 0-5 promised by the Conservative Party on beer, popcorn and videos. Another aide supported him and…
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Kid First Presentation to Federal Finance Committee 2005—Transcript
Kid First Presentation to Federal Finance Committee 2005—Transcript
Daycare Dis-information Buster: Creating False Impressions with “Child Care” Words and Numbers
Helen WardKids First Parent Association of Canada The daycare lobby has created the impression that most children are in daycare most of the time. A game with the meaning of "child care" is why many believe that 50 % or…
Announcement of our Formal Complaint to the United Nations
The Fund the Child Coalition is currently drafting a complaint to the United Nations regarding Canada's potential violation of the "Convention on the Rights of the Child". The Swedish parent's group, "A Child's Right to their Parent's Time" has already…
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The Fund the Child Coalition Canada-Wide Event for International Children’s Day
The Fund the Child Coalition Canada-Wide Event for International Children’s Day was held on Nov 19-21. Read about our formal Complaint to the United Nations.Speaking Notes for the Fund the Child Press Conference (download PDF)
Corporate Right World Bankers Lobbying for Daycare—Speech
Royal Bank of Canada Vice President Charlie Coffey speaks of the "business imperative" in "Early Child Development," which means daycare.Speech text at: http://www.rbc.com/newsroom/20050928coffey.htmlVideo of speech at: http://www1.worldbank.org/hdnetwork/External/cy/ccoffey.htm We agree that care and learning and development are good for children, but…
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Letter to the Editor Re: Dis-information in Article by Top Daycare Lobbyist, Martha Friendly
Helen Ward, National PresidentKids First Parent Association of Canada4819 Albert St.Burnaby, BC604-291-0088www.kidsfirstcanada.orginfo@kidsfirstcanada.org Dear Editor: Martha Friendly, head of the fully SDC-funded Childcare Resource and Research Unit, spins disinformation in her article. She does not mention that the research consistently shows…
Daycare, Low Income and the Left
Jan. 20, 2006by Helen WardKids First Parent Association of Canada604-291-0088 Daycare has become a top election issue for all parties. The possibility that the daycare agreements will be terminated brings on the accusation that this will hurt low-income families, like…
Mum professor seeking input from “at-home” parents for book
Stay-at-Home-Parent Your insight and experiences are needed to help others!I am a mother of two boys and college professor who recently made the decision to put her career on hold to be a stay-at-home parent. The decision was surprisingly hard…
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Top “Integration” Promoters Admit Problems and Lack of Evidence for their Policy:
Top “Integration” Promoters Admit Problems and Lack of Evidence for their Policy: 2006 Paper by OECD child policy head J. Bennett, “Toward a new pedagogical meeting place? Bringing early childhood into the education system (broken link).” Integration is pushed despite…
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Hutchinson v. BC : BC Human Rights Tribunal rejects Ministry of Health discrimination against hiring family as care providers
Hutchinson v. BC (broken link): BC Human Rights Tribunal rejects Ministry of Health discrimination against hiring family as care providers. This case has implications for funding of other forms of care including child care.
Violent Youth and Child Care
January 9, 2006Kids First Parent Association of Canada604-291-0088 Youth violence, particularly the explosion of gun violence in Toronto, is an important issue in the election campaign. In response, politicians are promising prison, police, and programs. These are supposed to address…