Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation – Kids First Parent Association of Canada

2024 April – Kids First commentary – “Parents need a divorce, not a school lunch program”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon August 20, 2024in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Power imbalance between parents & state

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.

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 15, 2023in 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, Policy with promise, Quality & staff-child ratios, Welfare reform, workfare, McJobs

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.

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…

UBC’s funding of HELP and daycare lobby: Clyde Hertzman over $212,000 from UBC alone (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 28, 2020June 8, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Misc., UBC's Human Early Learnning Partnership (HELP), EDI $ MDI

UBC compensation = expenses to leading all-day Kindergarten and daycare promoters*Clyde Hertzman—Executive Director of HELP, also works for the World BankHERTZMAN CLYDE$212,497 + $15,163 expenses*Paul Kershaw—#2 at HELP, leading media promoter of all day Kindergarten until Aug 2010 when he…

Feb 7, 2011: Make the tax system fairer for families

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon February 7, 2020June 1, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Policy with promise

Feb 7, 2011: Make the tax system fairer for families (broken link) by Dave Quist in the National Post

Should Parents Be Paid?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 3, 2019May 23, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

October 3, 2019 New York Times article: Stay at Home Parents Work Hard: Should They Be Paid?

Canadian Tax Court Affirms Parental Discretion Over Non-Parental Child Care Decisions and Age of Children Home Along

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 25, 2018May 22, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc.

September 21, 2018. Jamie Golombek, Financial Post - article: Canadian Tax Court Affirms Parental Discretion Over Non-Parental Child Care Decisions and Age of Children Home Along. Non-parental child care expenses incurred so parents can "work" can be deducted for children…

Parents take BC government to court over tragic death of their toddler son in daycare

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 1, 2018May 22, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc.

September 18, 2018. Anita Bathe. CBC - article: Parents take BC government to court over tragic death of their toddler son in daycare The case raises government violation of the child's Charter right to security of person. Daycare regulations are…

Fund Child Care, Not Daycare Spaces

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon December 25, 2017May 21, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc.

December 20, 2017 Toronto Star editorial by Kids First President, Helen Ward: Fund child care, not daycare spaces

Funding Families Not "Spaces"

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 30, 2017May 20, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc.

March 27, 2017: National Post article by Kids First President, Helen Ward, on Federal Budget promise of more daycare funding. Funding families not "spaces" is fair and better for children's well-being.

Misaligned Budget

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 2, 2017May 21, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc.

March 27, 2017. Helen Ward. National Post - op-ed: "Helen Ward: The new Liberal budget will send money for 'children' right to the wealthy and the bureaucrats" (Note: this was written in response to the 2017 budget)

It’s Payback Time for Women

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon January 10, 2016May 18, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Jan. 8, 2016, New York Times article: Unpaid care work - Finland announces Universal Basic Income for all adults. It's Payback Time for Women

Kevin O'Leary On Daycare: It’s unCanadian

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 5, 2015May 18, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc.

Oct 2015: Tycoon dragon blasts daycare: "anti family" "incentivizing parents" Business News Network interview - Bucking the international business sector promotion of tax-subsidized daycare, Kevin O'Leary, Canadian tycoon featured on CBC TV's "Dragon's Den", took time during this interview to…

Low Income Parents Spend Wisely

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 25, 2015May 16, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc.

April 2015, CBC news: Low income parents spend wisely

Funding for parental child care vs daycare in Sweden, Finland, Norway

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon April 20, 2015May 16, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Parental preference, Sweden

Finland has the largest cash benefit for parental care and lowest use of daycare, and also has the best outcomes in the world for high school academic results on OECD PISA tests. Read about the different Nordic funding schemes in…