Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liveralism, defamilialization

Federal Budget 2021 Child Care Funding: Kids First President Helen Ward

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 17, 2021in 2021 Daycare Budget, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liveralism, defamilialization, Policy with promise

2021 April. Kids First - (Youtube video): "Federal Budget 2021 Child Care Funding: Kids First President Helen Ward". Child care is the care of a child, whoever does it. Child care is socially essential work, whoever does it. But the…

Long-Standing Daycare Lobbyist Error Corrected

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 17, 2021May 20, 2021in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liveralism, defamilialization

May 5, 2021 - Kids First submitted this correction (PDF) to two different articles in the Toronto Star regarding incorrect statements that: 1. Leading daycare lobbyist, Martha Friendly's lobby group, the Childcare Resource and Reference Unity, is at the University…

Daycare Lobby Power Grab History: Toronto Star Daycare Reporter Describes How Canada’s Daycare Lobby Legacy Feminists Got Power by Getting in Bed With the Business Elite Neo-lib/Cons, “The Boys”, “The Suits” at RBC, the World Bank and the OCED

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 8, 2021May 8, 2021in 2021 Daycare Budget, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liveralism, defamilialization, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

2005. Laurie Monsabraaten. Toronto Star - (news article): "The 'Tiny Tot' brigade; The daycare lobby believed it might actually for the first time in 30 years taste victory a publicly funded, national child-care program. But defeat seems to be making…

2021 Federal Budget: $30 Billion More Over 6 yrs For Non-Parental Institutional Child Care – Government Attack On the Right of Children, Women, Parents

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 8, 2021May 8, 2021in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liveralism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural

The top priority in the April 2021 federal budget was more institutional child care and coercing all mothers into full time jobs. On top of additional massive funding, $30 billion more over 6 years was offered including a much expanded…

“Looking after your own child is work, and it’s honourable work and it’s essential work and it should be regarded as such” – Helen Ward

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 24, 2020November 24, 2020in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liveralism, defamilialization

Kids First President Helen Ward quoted: Nov. 18, 2020. Alex Ballingall. The Star - article (web): "Ottawa considering tying provincial money for child care to a new set of national standards" See Kids First PDF copy for reference here NOTE…

Media release: BC parties’ daycare promises ignore majority of families, miss opportunity to earn votes

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 16, 2020in Children's Well-Being, Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liveralism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Enrollment statistics, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Uncategorized, Vacancy rates, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

KIDS FIRST PARENT ASSOCIATION OF CANADA http://www.kidsfirstcanada.org info@kidsfirstcanada.org Media release: BC parties’ daycare promises ignore majority of families, miss opportunity to earn votes Burnaby, BC - October 15, 2020 - BC’s political parties have missed the opportunity to earn votes…

Daycare Subsidies: Aggregate Info From The BC Government

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 8, 2020October 8, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liveralism, defamilialization, Enrollment statistics, Power imbalance between parents & state

Daycare gets money even when kids are not there Get up to $4500 Cash Just to Apply Apply to Open a Daycare (plus other subsidies) Get Emergency Cash to Fix or Move Daycare Centres but not Children’s Homes Milking The…

Daycare gets money even when kids are not there

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 6, 2020October 6, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liveralism, defamilialization, Enrollment statistics, Uncategorized, Vacancy rates

BC Government Counts Daycare Vacancies; subsidies do not change with children's attendance:October 2020 - BC Government - (web) "Monthly Enrollment Reporting" (for daycare)KF reference copy of webpage retrieved Oct. 6, 2020 (PDF): “Monthly Enrollment Reporting “Funding payments are based on…

Quebec Daycare System Hurts 72% of Families Financially

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 6, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liveralism, defamilialization, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Quebec

January 2000. Institute for Research on Public Policy (IRPP). (research paper published by Quebec economists) Robert Baril, Pierre Lefebvre and Philip Merrigan -"Quebec Family Policy: Impact and Options" QUOTE FROM SUMMARY: "It would be anticipated that a policy change of…

Response and Commentary on throne speech proposal for more funding to Non-Parental Child Care

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 26, 2020September 29, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liveralism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Enrollment statistics, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny

Commentary Sept 24. Helen Ward - (PDF): "Commentary on the speech from the throne" By Helen Ward (Below is an excerpt from the latest Speech from the Throne by the federal government under the LiberalParty of Canada with Prime Minister…