BC Supreme Court decision confirms Minister of Education may reimburse homeschooling expenses

Kids First's response to the decision (docx, PDF): KF 2026 Feb RESPONSE TO COURT RULINGDownload Media release (docx, PDF): KF 2026 Feb Sup Crt Decision REVISED MEDIA RELEASEDownload BC Supreme Court Decision by Judge William Veenstra - January 30, 2026…

Ontario Human Rights commission used to force teachers to teach phonics and cursive writing

The Ontario Human Rights Commission did a report called “The Right to Read” and forced the Ministry of Education to teach kids phonics and cursive writing in 2023. The report found that current teaching methods violate children's rights because they…

Why Does the State Have Any Right to Intervene in Parent-child Relationships? The Origins of Child Protection Laws, Compulsory School Attendance Laws, ‘Infants Act’ & ‘Mature Minor’ Laws

'Child protection', 'mature minor', and education laws that allow government to intervene in family life and even take children from their parents have their origins in 'PARENS PATRIAE' which means 'the parent of the fatherland'.  This concept dates back to…

Children taken from parents due to doctors’ false findings of abuse

2025 January 30 - Toronto Star - investigative news article - "She brought her baby to the doctor. Then she was accused of abuse. Why a controversial expertise courts rely on is facing troubling questions: The debate over the reliability…

Sign federal parliamentary petition – Stop wrongful medical apprehension of children by Child Protection Services

2025 August 21 - November 19 - House of Commons Petition demands stricter oversight of doctors who assess for child abuse. Wrongful assessments have tragically resulted in babies and children being taken from safe and loving parents by Child Protection…

2025 April – video – Kids First – “‘Mature Minors?’ BC Infants Act & Federal Policies”

This presentation addresses the radical changes to parent-child rights in consent and health care that got its start in BC in the 1970s. The powerpoint below has the URLs/sources. (There were some tech problems at the event.) Download KF 2025…

BC Centre for Disease Control video: Assessing for so-called “Mature minor” status

2012 (date at end of video)  - 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…

2025 February  – Kids First Research & Commentary – PUBLIC ALERT & ACTION: It’s Data-mining Season in BC Schools -Just Say “No!” to Big Bro

PUBLIC ALERT & ACTION:IT'S DATA-MINING SEASON IN BC SCHOOLS JUST SAY "NO!" TO BIG BRO SUMMARY1- January - April is the season for data-mining in BC schools. The BC Ministry of Education and Child Care lets UBC's Human Early Learning…

How & why the state discriminates against the parent-child relationship & child well-being, testimony by Helen Ward at the 2024 National Citizens Inquiry

2024 October - video - National Citizens Inquiry "Are Children Safe in Canada?" testimony by Helen Ward - "How & why the state discriminates against the parent-child relationship & child well-being" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bduOvPfW4nY