Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care

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.

With Feminism Like This Who Needs Patriarchy?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 5, 2017May 21, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc.

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

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)

Defamililialization: Essay by Helen Ward

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 1, 2015May 18, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc.

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

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…

Sarah Godoy's response to "Child care money is just more Tory sexism"

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 30, 2015May 18, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny

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…

Three Issues That Pit Canadian Parents Against the State

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon November 25, 2014May 16, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc., Power imbalance between parents & 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

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 10, 2014May 16, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc.

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

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon August 1, 2013May 15, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc.

Aug 2013 Globe and Mail article: All Day K in Ontario put in despite lack of facilities and school board objections

Education Minister Charged

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 25, 2013May 16, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Misc., Power imbalance between parents & state

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…