Liberal policies: 1999: "Final Report of the Sub-Committee on Tax Equity for Families with Dependent Children" (broken link)The Liberal government's abandoned policy (broken link) stressed equality and dramatically improving financial support for parental child care-see especially the PRINCIPLES emphasizing respect…
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Taxing Canadian Families: What’s Fair, What’s Not – With KF Commentary
July 2000. Vincent and Woolley. IRPP - research paper (PDF): "Taxing Canadian Families: What's Fair, What's Not" This paper thankfully calls for more support for families with dependent children or other dependents, and less discriminatory/more fair for all. However the…
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Oct 1998: Transcript of presentation to Finance Committee Pre-Budgetary Consultations (broken link)
Oct 1998: Transcript of presentation to Finance Committee Pre-Budgetary Consultations (broken link) by Cathy Perri, President of Kids First; Cathy Buchanan, Treasurer of Kids First; and Bev Smith and Heather Gore-Hickman as individuals who are also members of Kids First
April 1998: Presentation to Finance Committee by Maria Conti, Ontario Rep for Kids First (broken link)
April 1998: Presentation to Finance Committee (broken link) by Maria Conti, Ontario Rep for Kids First
Oct 1997: Presentation to the Finance Committee (broken link)
Oct 1997: Presentation to the Finance Committee (broken link) by Cheryl Stewart for Kids First
Mothers’ Day Proclamation 1870
No Brekky in Bed Mothers' Day social activist roots: It started in the US in 1858 when Anna Jarvis organized Mothers' Work Days to improve sanitation in the Appalachians.Julia Ward Howe (who also wrote lyrics for "The Battle Hymn of…