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BC Supreme Court decision confirms Minister of Education may reimburse homeschooling expenses

Kids First's response to the decision (docx, PDF): KF 2026 Feb RESPONSE TO COURT RULINGDownload Media release (docx, PDF): KF 2026 Feb Sup Crt Decision REVISED MEDIA RELEASEDownload BC Supreme Court Decision by Judge William Veenstra - January 30, 2026…

Ontario Human Rights commission used to force teachers to teach phonics and cursive writing

The Ontario Human Rights Commission did a report called “The Right to Read” and forced the Ministry of Education to teach kids phonics and cursive writing in 2023. The report found that current teaching methods violate children's rights because they…

Why Does the State Have Any Right to Intervene in Parent-child Relationships? The Origins of Child Protection Laws, Compulsory School Attendance Laws, ‘Infants Act’ & ‘Mature Minor’ Laws

'Child protection', 'mature minor', and education laws that allow government to intervene in family life and even take children from their parents have their origins in 'PARENS PATRIAE' which means 'the parent of the fatherland'.  This concept dates back to…

2025 – Australia ABC News  – video documentary – Hunting Ground: Childcare Exposed

2025 - Australia ABC News  - video documentary - Hunting Ground: Childcare Exposed This documentary exposes child sexual abuse in daycare centres in Australia and the lack of adequate regulations and enforcement by government. Babies and children in daycare are…

Billion-dollar daycare fraud in US: Is it happening in Canada?

2026 January For decades since 1990s 'welfare reform', governments have poured billions into daycare 'spaces' with little accountability, and hidden and lied about persistent low enrolment and high vacancy rates. For example, the Auditor General of Canada's October 2025 report…

Children taken from parents due to doctors’ false findings of abuse

2025 January 30 - Toronto Star - investigative news article - "She brought her baby to the doctor. Then she was accused of abuse. Why a controversial expertise courts rely on is facing troubling questions: The debate over the reliability…

Sign federal parliamentary petition – Stop wrongful medical apprehension of children by Child Protection Services

2025 August 21 - November 19 - House of Commons Petition demands stricter oversight of doctors who assess for child abuse. Wrongful assessments have tragically resulted in babies and children being taken from safe and loving parents by Child Protection…

2025 April – video – Kids First – “‘Mature Minors?’ BC Infants Act & Federal Policies”

This presentation addresses the radical changes to parent-child rights in consent and health care that got its start in BC in the 1970s. The powerpoint below has the URLs/sources. (There were some tech problems at the event.) Download KF 2025…