2026 January For decades since 1990s 'welfare reform', governments have poured billions into daycare 'spaces' with little accountability, and hidden and lied about persistent low enrolment and high vacancy rates. For example, the Auditor General of Canada's October 2025 report…
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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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Kids First Parent Association of Canada releases a new much-needed report today: "STATISTICS CANADA’S DAYCARE DATA REVEAL PERSISTENT LOW ENROLMENT & HIGH VACANCY RATES: FAT STATS AND FUZZY NUMBERS" Despite decades of loud claims of daycare shortages, the data compiled…
The "You Bet I Care!" research was done for the federal government. There were 4 studies released in about 2000. They were done by top daycare lobbyists. The reports contain reliable evidence of:- high vacancy rates (study 1)- inadequate quality…
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…
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…
December 16, 2017 Vancouver Sun - op-ed by Kids First President, Helen Ward, & Andrea Mrozek: There's no need to create more daycare spaces
December 5, 2017. Helen Ward. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - Press Release (PDF): BC Daycare: 30 Percent Spaces Vacant as Government Announces Funding for 3800 More SpacesDownload
December 5, 2017 Kids First and Cardus Institute - report: 30% vacancy rate in BC daycare while government plans $33 million for new spaces. Daycare Vacancy Rates in British Columbia: The Untold StoryDownload
April 2017: Article by Cardus about the 4,500 vacant daycare spaces in Toronto (broken link) Daycares have increasing VACANCY rates but this data is hidden from public. This is a follow up from 2015 research by Kids First President, Helen…
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…
Is There a Shortage of Daycare Spaces—or a Shortage of Children in the Spaces? Recently the Toronto Star reported huge wait lists for subsidized spaces for low-income families [1]. The idea that there is a "child care crisis" consisting of…
Kid First Presentation to Federal Finance Committee 2005—Transcript
Sept 29 Media Release (download PDF): Daycare Mis-Information Exposed
