Parents’ and Children’s Rights

Kids First President quoted

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 9, 2020July 9, 2020in Bus Dad, Misc., Power imbalance between parents & state

July 7,2020 - Globe and Mail - (web article): "BC Court rules in favour of Vancouver dad Adrian Crook who let his kids ride the bus alone" PDF copy here "Kids First Parent Association of Canada president Helen Ward said…

Kids First President interviewed

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 9, 2020July 9, 2020in Bus Dad, Power imbalance between parents & state

July 7, 2020 - Global TV News - "Vancouver dad wins court case in fight to let his kids ride the bus on their own" Watch the video to see segment with Helen Ward. PDF copy here

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…

Bus dad case: BC’s Highest Court Tells Government to Respect Parents’ Rights

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 7, 2020July 8, 2020in Bus Dad, Misc.

BUS DAD CASE: July 27, 2020 - media release - Kids First - "Bus dad case: BC's Highest Court Tells Government to Respect Parents' Rights" Bus dad case: BC's Highest Court Tells Government to Respect Parents' Rights Burnaby, BC -…

Adrian Crook: “We Won! Common Sense Prevails in ‘Bus Dad’ Case”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 6, 2020July 8, 2020in Bus Dad

July 6, 2020 - Blog post - by Adrian Crook - Five Kids One Condo - "We Won! Common Sense Prevails in 'Bus Dad' Case" Adrian Crook and Lawyers. Credit: Adrian Crook

Bus Dad Case – BC Appeal Court: Social Workers Broke The Rules

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 6, 2020July 7, 2020in Bus Dad, Child Protection Services, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Power imbalance between parents & state

July 6, 2020 - BC Court of Appeal Decision - https://www.bccourts.ca/jdb-txt/ca/20/01/2020BCCA0192.htm

Bus Dad Appeal Final Order Document 6 July 2020

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon July 6, 2020November 3, 2020in Law, legal cases, formal complaints

Bus Dad Legal Order Document Note Timeline: Nov 14, 2019 - Original OrderJune 11, 2020 - Appeal HearingJuly 6, 2020 - VerdictOct 19, 2020 - Order entered

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…

BC Court of Appeal Will Hear The ‘Bus Dad’ Case Thursday June 11: 10am – 4pm

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 10, 2020November 14, 2020in Bus Dad, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Power imbalance between parents & state

KIDS FIRST PARENT ASSOCIATION OF CANADA http://www.kidsfirstcanada.orginfo@kidsfirstcanada.org 604-291-0088MEDIA ADVISORYBC COURT OF APPEAL WILL HEAR THE 'BUS DAD' CASE THURSDAY JUNE 11 10 AM - 4PM Kids First Parent Association of Canada welcomes media and the public to attend the BC…

Helen Ward outlines the lead up to the “bus dad” BC Appeal Court Hearing scheduled for June 11, 2020.

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 7, 2020June 8, 2020in Bus Dad

June 7, 2020. Helen Ward. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - audio memo (MP4): "Bus Dad"

Parents Group to Intervene in ‘Bus Dad’ Appeal Case (news release)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 13, 2020May 21, 2020in Bus Dad, Misc., Parents’ and Children’s Rights

May 13, 2020 - Burnaby, BC - Kids First Parent Association of Canada has been accepted to act as an intervenor in the high profile “bus dad” appeal court case between Adrian Crook, Vancouver father of five, and the BC…

Open Letter to the PM and Premiers: Close Daycares Now to Reduce Contagion

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 18, 2020May 25, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Misc.

March 18, 2020. Helen Ward. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - Media Release: OPEN LETTER TO THE PRIME MINISTER AND PREMIERS: CLOSE DAYCARES NOW TO REDUCE CONTAGION (Download media release PDF here)

Expert Witness Retires in Face of Hearings

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 17, 2020May 25, 2020in Misc., Power imbalance between parents & state

An expert witness in hundreds of family cases put children at risk & broke up families, even judges complained but his professional regulatory body let him off with retirement. Parents say they have been, "...let down again by a regulatory…

BC Government Opposing Indigenous Mother

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 16, 2020May 25, 2020in Child Protection Services, Misc.

BC government opposing Indigenous mother seeking to make a Charter Challenge to child protection law. February 20, 2020. CBC - news article: B.C. mother fights First Nation, province to keep children with non-Indigenous foster parents: Mother of 5 claims her…