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.
Category: Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care
With Feminism Like This Who Needs Patriarchy?
Response to CBC's The House biased coverage of "child care" in federal budget: March 3, 2018. Helen Ward. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - letter to CBC: Download PDF here
Misaligned Budget
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)
Defamililialization: Essay by Helen Ward
Nov 2015: "Ever Heard of Defamilialization? What it is, Who Created it, How It Affects Our lives". This research essay by Kids First President, Helen Ward, exposes defamilialism, the ideology that has led to a massive global policy shift, driven…
Kevin O'Leary On Daycare: It’s unCanadian
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…
Sarah Godoy's response to "Child care money is just more Tory sexism"
Dear Sir/Madam, Daycare is expensive, and families who use it and who are struggling to make ends meet certainly deserve support, but parental childcare is equally expensive, and families who provide parental childcare deserve support equally. In my family we…
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Three Issues That Pit Canadian Parents Against the State
Nov 2014, CBC News: 3 issues that pit Canadian parents against the state Discipline, medical procedures and sex education continue to stir controversy in Canadian courtrooms
Transcript from 1999 Federal Finance Committee
Transcript from 1999 Federal Finance Committee referring to the SCC case and the Boland cases relating to exploitation of parental child care providers. Check out the contempt for parents by MP Dr Carolyn Bennett and others and check out Ms…
All Day K in Ontario put in despite lack of facilities and school board objections
Aug 2013 Globe and Mail article: All Day K in Ontario put in despite lack of facilities and school board objections
Education Minister Charged
Ontario's then-Deputy Education Minister charged with child porn crimes opposed police background checks for volunteers working with school kids. July 2013, Toronto Star article: Benjamin Levin criticized background checks for youth workers: The high-profile educator arrested on child porn charges…