Kids First President, Helen Ward discusses: government claims of protecting children in 'On-line Safety Act' Bill C63 the lack of concern for solid research on child well-being in government policy for children role of government in protecting child well-being government…
Category: Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby
18,673 new, funded BC daycare spaces not ‘operational’
Current BC gov't data shows that almost half of new, funded licensed daycare spaces are NOT "OPERATIONAL". The data states 20,742 of 39,415 are 'operational'. This means 18,673 new, funded spaces are not 'operational'. Vacant in other words. Yet with such…
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2019 – Federal government webpage – $100 million to daycare lobbyists
2024 August – commentary – by Kids First – “A closer look at ‘generational fairness'”
Responding to plans to tax houses: exposing government funding backing Paul Kershaw's lobby group Generation Squeeze, and the lies & anti-family ideology of the 'generational fairness' propaganda. KF 2024 July op-ed Kershaw DRAFT #2Download
Video: What benefits children’s development? What the top economist James Heckman really says.
February 2021 - video - interview with Nobel Laureate economist Dr James Heckman - American Enterprise Institute - "The Role of Families in Human Flourishing" Economist James Heckman's research on the cost-benefit of very high quality early intervention programs for…
Video: What Benefits Children’s Development? What The Top Economist James Heckman Really Says.
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
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
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
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”
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
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
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…
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What are the dollar costs of a Unidaycare Centre System? (broken link)
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…
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FUND CHILDREN NOT SPACES
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)
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…
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