2008 Canadian Paediatric Society position statement - Health implications of children in child care centres Part A: Canadian trends in child care, behaviour and developmental outcomes (broken link) The report states a 1998 questionnaire study of 325 Canadian daycare centres…
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Why walking to school is better than driving for your kids (broken link)
Sept 11, 2015: Why walking to school is better than driving for your kids (broken link)
Daycares Spread Contagion: Close Them
March 20, 2020: Two days ago Kids First sent an open letter to the prime minister and all premiers calling for closure of all daycare settings. Then yesterday BC and Saskatchewan daycare advocacy organizations and the Saskatchewan NDP called for…
Daycare Lobbyist Awards Human Rights Abuser (broken links)
Canada's YWCA, our country's largest daycare provider and a top lobbyist for more public money for daycare centres, awarded Goldcorp mining company its "Woman of Distinction Award" for "Outstanding Workplace" for its women- and "family-friendly" polices, despite that company's tragic…
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Open Letter to the PM and Premiers: Close Daycares Now to Reduce Contagion
March 18, 2020. Helen Ward. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - Media Release: OPEN LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND PREMIERS: CLOSE DAYCARES NOW TO REDUCE CONTAGION (Download media release PDF here)
Expert Witness Retires in Face of Hearings
An expert witness in hundreds of family cases put children at risk & broke up families, even judges complained but his professional regulatory body let him off with retirement. Parents say they have been, "...let down again by a regulatory…
BC Government Opposing Indigenous Mother
BC government opposing Indigenous mother seeking to make a Charter Challenge to child protection law. February 20, 2020. CBC - news article: B.C. mother fights First Nation, province to keep children with non-Indigenous foster parents: Mother of 5 claims her…
1993 Boland case in Tax Court of Canada
Kids First funded this case and expert witnesses. A father, Jim Boland, challenged the definition of 'child care' in the Tax Act that excludes parental child care, stating was it discriminated based on family status and violated Section 15 (equality…
Motherhood is a valuable, and undervalued, vocation
March 3, 2020. Suzana Kovacic. Vancouver Sun - letter the editor: "Motherhood is a valuable, and undervalued, vocation" by Kids First board member (scroll down to find letter) March 7, 2020. Vancouver Sun - letters to the editor: 2 supportive…
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BC Cases About Social Workers Disagreeing With Parents About When Children Can Be Unsupervised (broken link)
February 2020. Vancouver Sun article: "Too young to ride the bus alone? Vancouver dad disagrees" (broken link) September 15, 2015. BC Supreme Court - court judgment: BC Supreme Court Decision B.R. v. K.K. - (the 'Home Alone' Terrace BC Case)…
Feb 7, 2011: Make the tax system fairer for families
Feb 7, 2011: Make the tax system fairer for families (broken link) by Dave Quist in the National Post
Who decides when children are old enough to be alone: parents or social workers?
Who decides when children are old enough to be alone: parents or social workers? The 2015 Terrace BC 'home alone' case set the precedent that no child under 10 can be alone anywhere ever. It all started with a neighbour…
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Mature Minor Consent Laws
Mature minor consent laws undermine parents' and children's rights. February 2020. Helen Ward. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - discussion article: "Mature Minor Consent Laws" (Download article PDF here)
Children & Youth Harmed by Child Protection Services
Current family laws that define "abuse" and "risk" are vague, over-broad, and arbitrary and thus may violate the 'principles of fundamental justice' of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Parents' Charter rights to a fair trial are not addressed.…
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Legal fight against BC Ministry of Child and Family Development apprehension of Metis children
February 22, 2018 Globe & Mail article: BC Supreme Court order providing Indigenous mother daily access to newborn could set national precedent December 14, 2019 Globe & Mail front page feature article: No way out: How a mother is fighting…