COVID-19

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

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 1, 2021September 4, 2021in COVID-19, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Mature minor consent & Infants Act, Misc., Parents’ and Children’s Rights

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',…

Human rights complaint vs BC Ministry of Education seeks equal funding for parent-directed learning

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon August 20, 2020September 3, 2020in COVID-19, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Government Submissions, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc.

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

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 7, 2020July 8, 2020in COVID-19, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

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”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 24, 2020July 8, 2020in COVID-19, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

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

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 19, 2020July 8, 2020in COVID-19, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

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

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 29, 2020June 8, 2020in COVID-19

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…

March 27, 2020 e-mail letter reply from BC Minister of State for Child Care Katrina Chen

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 27, 2020April 28, 2020in COVID-19, Misc.

Message from Katrina Chen, Minister of State for Child Care FromMCF Info MCF:EXToinfo@kidsfirstcanada.orgDate2020-03-27 10:19 Message Body VIA E-MAIL Ref: 248337 Helen Ward E-mail: info@kidsfirstcanada.org Dear Helen Ward: Thank you for reaching out with your questions about child care in the…