International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. )

Neo-conservative alliance with second-wave feminist daycare lobby admitted

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 1, 2009June 1, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. )

Neo-conservative alliance with second-wave feminist daycare lobby admitted. By Rianne Mahon, Carleton University sociologist and top Canadian daycare apologist: Rianne Mahon. Carleton University - research paper (PDF): “Transnationalising (Child) Care Policy: the OECD and the World Bank” Find it also…

Big Brother Goes to Kindergarten: BC Government Violating Parental and Privacy Rights in "Sperm To Worm" Kindergarten Data Collection (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 5, 2009June 10, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc., Parental consent & informed consent, Privacy, data collection, Popdata BC, UBC's Human Early Learnning Partnership (HELP), EDI $ MDI

Big Brother Goes to Kindergarten: BC Government Collecting “Sperm to Worm” Data on all BC Children For background, please see the Kids First article belowMay 6, 2009. Helen Ward. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - article (PDF): "Big Brother…

Kids First commentary. Daycare Lobby Co-Opting the UNICEF Brand:

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 1, 2008June 1, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. )

Kids First commentary. Daycare Lobby Co-Opting the UNICEF Brand: December 2008. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - report (PDF): UNICEF Daycare Report: Children and Parents’ Rights Wronged More related information can be found here in an article by Kids…

UNICEF Report on Daycare

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 1, 2008June 1, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc.

Innocenti Centre/OECD Report promotes daycare yet says it harms child development. Published by the Innocenti Centre, now a department of UNICEF. Written by Peter Adamson drawing on research by John Bennett from the OECD’s daycare agency:2008. UNICEF - report (PDF):…

High Costs and Low Quality: Quebec government study finds 73% of licensed daycare there is of minimal or lower quality (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 10, 2008June 3, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc., Quality & staff-child ratios, Sweden

High Costs and Low Quality Quebec government study finds 73% of licensed daycare there is of minimal or lower quality.The OECD find “a problem of quality” and “deteriorating quality” in Swedish daycare—yet holds it up as a model for all…

Background to All-Day Kindergarten: The “Integration” Agenda to Merge Daycare and School

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 5, 2008June 1, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Policy with promise, Power imbalance between parents & state, Privacy, data collection, Popdata BC, Quality & staff-child ratios, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Analysis by Kids First of the “Blueprint Paper” for Child & Family Policy by the OECD, UNESCO and World Bank. Quotes from, links to, and Kids First commentary on the key ideological strategy document behind daycare and all-day kindergarten: STATED…

The OECD and Canada's Daycare Lobby: Ties Denied (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 20, 2008June 17, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) ranked Canada last of 14 countries in spending on early learning and child care. Its says of its generally negative review of Canada: "We trust… that our external perspective, based on many…

The OECD: Globalizing Daycare Lobby Ideology

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 15, 2008June 17, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's "finding" that Canada ranks lowest in spending on child care and early learning, and its predictable recommendations, need to be seen for what they are intended to be: propaganda tools for the domestic…

Spring 2008—Kids First Submission to the Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science, and Technology re: OECD “Starting Strong II” Report

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 15, 2008June 17, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Government Submissions, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Policy with promise

Spring 2008. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - gov sub (PDF): "Submission to Senate Committee on Social Affairs, Science and Technology RE: The OECD's Review of Child Care and Early Learning in Canada"

OECD Underestimated Early Education Funding—Only Counted Spending on Kindergarten

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 30, 2008June 17, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. )

OECD Underestimated Early Education Funding—Only Counted Spending on Kindergarten Feb 20, 2008: “Canada Lagging in Early Education Funding” (cat link) Response:March 12th, 2008. Letter in Hill Times Embassy Magazine, (cat link) in response to original article published Feb

Corporate Welfare: Labour Force expansion policies: The OECD and the World Bank seek a larger, globalized, more “flexible” Labour Force

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 10, 2008June 17, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Corporate Welfare: Labour Force expansion policies (cat link): The OECD and the World Bank seek a larger, globalized, more “flexible” Labour Force. Importing low-wage labour means higher profits through lower wages. This Guardian article describes the situation in Europe. “Putting…

Daycare Promotion by Corporate Right and Neo-Cons/Neo-Liberals

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 1, 2008June 2, 2020in Corporate exploitation, consumerism, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc.

Though often thought of as “left-wing,” daycare and other institutional care/learning have long been aggressively promoted by the corporate right, which is not known for being “family friendly.” Check out the child policy of these organizations: The World Bank (broken…

Canadian Teens Out-Score OECD Average and Sweden on Academic Tests

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 1, 2007June 16, 2020in Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Sweden

Canadian Teens Out-Score OECD Average and Sweden on Academic Tests. See charts on page 60-64 of “Measuring Up: Canadian Results of the OECD PISA Study The Performance of Canada’s Youth in Science, Reading and Mathematics: 2006 First Results for Canadians…

Mustard’s Contempt for Parents: “17% of parents are godawful”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 26, 2007June 17, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Power imbalance between parents & state

Mustard’s Contempt for Parents: “17% of parents are godawful” and only one third of us are “competent” says World Bank backed daycare lobbyist, Dr. Fraser Mustard in a Toronto Star article: Mar 26, 2007. Toronto Star - excerpts (PDF): "Canada…

The daycare lobby is using the “UN Convention on the Rights of the Child” to argue for more daycare (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon August 1, 2006June 29, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Law, legal cases, formal complaints

The daycare lobby is using the “UN Convention on the Rights of the Child” to argue for more daycare. They avoid mentioning the primacy given the family and the parent-child relationship throughout the document. May 2006. report (PDF): “Canadian early…