Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby

Video: What Benefits Children’s Development? What The Top Economist James Heckman Really Says.

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 19, 2023in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC, Attachment, Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Children's Well-Being, Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mental/Emotional Health, Parents’ and Children’s Rights, Policy with promise, Quality & staff-child ratios, Welfare reform, workfare, McJobs, Women & Work

February 2021. Katharine B. Stevens. American Enterprise Institute - (youtube video): Interview with Nobel Laureate economist Dr James Heckman - "The Role of Families in Human Flourishing" Original article: February 2021. Katharine B. Stevens. American Enterprise Institute - (article): The…

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-liberalism, 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…

Top Economist Daycare Researcher Advising Prime Minister May Counter Daycare Lobby Disinformation

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 8, 2020July 8, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc., Quebec

UBC economics professor, Dr Kevin Milligan is now a Special Advisor to the Prime Minister's Privy Council Office until the end of 2020 on the economic recovery from COVID.June 15, 2020 - blog post by UBC economist Kevin Milligan -…

Daycare Lobby Pushes For More Money Using COVID Recovery as Pretext to Fund Doomed Industry

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 7, 2020July 8, 2020in COVID-19, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Daycare has always caused serious infection risks for children and their families according to the peer reviewed research. Now COVID-19 causes fear in parents and staff, dramatically reducing attendance as well as labour supply. Governments have established 'safety' protocols for…

CD Howe Institute Intelligence Memos – “Thoughts on forestalling the coming childcare crisis”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 24, 2020July 8, 2020in COVID-19, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

June 24, 2020 - CD Howe Institute Intelligence Memos - by Ken Boessenkool organizer with Liberal and Conservative parties and Jennifer Robson Carlton University professor and policy advisor - "Thoughts on forestalling the coming childcare crisis"https://www.cdhowe.org/intelligence-memos/boessenkool-robson-%E2%80%93-thoughts-forestalling-coming-childcare-crisis Or see PDF here…

“National child-care strategy will be a lynch pin of economic recovery”, says Martha Friendly

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 19, 2020July 8, 2020in COVID-19, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

June 19, 2020 - CBC radio The Sunday Edition - interview with a top daycare lobbyist - "National child-care strategy will be a lynch pin of economic recovery", says Martha Friendly: We don't know what the fall out will be…

Government Lying Again to Parents About the High Quality of Daycare

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 20, 2018May 22, 2020in Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc., Quality & staff-child ratios

The federal government is again claiming that it funds "High Quality" early learning and child care. However the evidence from studies of daycare quality conducted by daycare advocates, and from peer-reviewed empirical studies shows that the majority of licensed daycare…

What are the dollar costs of a Unidaycare Centre System? (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 1, 2015May 18, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc.

Kids First info sheet Costs—Daycare, Preschool, All-Day Kindergarten compiled a few years ago gives actual costs reported by different governments in Quebec, BC, Sweden and US. EXAMPLE: Nearly $16,000/yr for centre operating costs alone for infant care in Quebec in…

FUND CHILDREN NOT SPACES

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 28, 2015May 16, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc., Vacancy rates

April 28, 2015 report by Kids First President, Helen Ward, published by the Institute for Marriage and Family Canada: "Is there really a daycare shortage? - A Toronto case study shows vacancies despite waiting lists and subsidies"PDF: download direct here…

HELP as Media Darling: Propaganda Production (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 1, 2015May 25, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc.

HELP's media coverage (broken link)—a very long list.Kershaw's media coverage (broken link)—click on the +. It is currently more than any other HELPer. See also Hertzman's coverage.Kershaw's bio/blog (broken link)—and picture of him on horse at his farm "Dr. Kershaw…

Dec 2013, Kids First Media Release: Kindergarten Research Cover-up Scandal

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 1, 2013May 15, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc.

Parent group demands disciplinary action from Ontario Ministry of Education for misrepresenting studies showing negative impact for all-day KindergartenMEDIA RELEASE - time line included belowParent group demands disciplinary action from Ontario Ministry of Education for misrepresenting studies showing negative impact…

Ontario Government Misrepresents All-Day Kindergarten Research (broken links)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 15, 2013May 15, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc.

Oct 2013 Globe and Mail column: All Day Kindergarten "No Magic Bullet"McMaster University Economist Phillip de Cicca asks, "To me, the question should be, could that money be used in a better way?" November 2013 Macleans magazine article: Full-day kindergarten…

News: Waterloo Record on how full-day kindergarten makes things worse for kids.

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 27, 2013May 14, 2020in Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc.

Oct 2013 Waterloo Record article by Maclean's editor: How full-day kindergarten makes things worse for kids. This article exposes the lies told by the Ontario government about their studies of all-day kindergarten PDF: How full-day kindergarten makes things worse for…

More All-Day Kindergarten Propaganda Packaged as Research

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 5, 2013May 14, 2020in Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc.

September 2013.The Ontario Ministry of Education produced yet another non-peer reviewed "study" showing 2 long expensive years of all-day Kindergarten produces slightly fewer children designated "vulnerable" using the subjective teacher-reported Early Development Instrument and that more schooling will "save" children…

Early Development Instrument (EDI): Not everyone accepts it as reliable “evidence” (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 5, 2013May 18, 2020in Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc., UBC's Human Early Learnning Partnership (HELP), EDI $ MDI

Read peer-reviewed journal articles critiquing the EDI. To view the complete copywrite-protected articles please email info@kidsfirstcanada.org The Critique “The Early Development Index and children from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds” Published in the journal: Early Years: An International Journal of…