2024 October - video documentary - Adam Zivo, Centre for Responsible Drug Policy - Government Heroin 2: The Invisible GirlsThis short documentary exposes the roles of the federal and BC governments' "safe supply" drug policy in the addiction and death…
Category: Children’s Well-Being
Sign petition against Meta harming kids
Meta is allowing users under the age of 18 to interact with AI companion bots in highly sexualized and developmentally inappropriate "conversations." It's also letting adults take part in simulated sexual activities with AI that imitates a child or teen.…
BC Centre for Disease Control video: Assessing for so-called “Mature minor” status
2012 (date at end of video)Â - BC Centre for Disease Control Immunize BC VIDEO - "Mature Minor Informed Consent Grade 9: Informed Consent for Immunization - Consent for Series Process - Mature Minor in a School Setting" This video…
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2024 April – Kids First commentary – “Parents need a divorce, not a school lunch program”
Rather than funding families themselves, government wants parents in a forced marriage to the state by funding government services like school food. KF 2024 April 750 words We need divorce not school lunchesDownload
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…
Kids First Complaint and BC Attorney General response re: so-called “mature minor consent” in section 17 of BC Infants Act to medical treatment:- this violates Charter rights of parents and children- the government’s aggressive communications campaign informing minors they can hide and lie about their health care to their parents also violates the Charter
2021 May - email to BC government, Dr Bonny Henry, & health care officials requesting suspension of the Infants Act and government communications campaign targeting minors with message that violates Charter rights of parents and children To 'health care providers',…
BBC article – “Is the Western way of raising kids weird?”
2021 February. Kelly Oakes. BBC - (news web article): "Is the Western way of raising kids weird?"Expectations for sleep, togetherness, bed time, independence are different in different cultures. The key to thinking outside the Western box might be to remember…
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Media release: BC parties’ daycare promises ignore majority of families, miss opportunity to earn votes
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…
Human rights complaint vs BC Ministry of Education seeks equal funding for parent-directed learning
MEDIA RELEASE - for immediate release - 372 words Human rights complaint seeks equal funding to families for parent-directed learning Burnaby, BC - August 20, 2020 - Dhahan Law filed a complaint yesterday with the BC Human Rights Tribunal against…
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…
COVID Schooling
Students' learning and well-being will likely be affected negatively by measures adopted to fit COVID contagion concerns. On-line COVID-schooling has challenges for children and parents, and so does COVID-school attendance. Highly restrictive measures designed to make school attendance fit with…
Formula Company’s Expert Panel Member, James Friel
Here are some links about the "Expert Panel" member James Friel - squarely on the payroll of the formula companies:James Friel: Works for Danone (formula company) and Heinz http://www.danoneinstitute.ca/en/institut/member.aspxhttp://www.hini.org/en_ca/who_we_are/james_friel.php