Category: Parents’ and Children’s Rights

Children in state care are running away and living on the streets

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2023 May - new article - Vancouver Sun - "Why are so Many Kids in BC Government Care Going Missing?" https://vancouversun.com/opinion/daphne-bramham-why-are-so-many-kids-in-b-c-government-care-going-missing Children in state-run group homes are leaving and living on the street where they may be trafficked and exploited.…

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Video: What benefits children’s development? What the top economist James Heckman really says.

Posted by on in Attachment, Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Children's Well-Being, Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mental/Emotional Health, Policy with promise, Quality & staff-child ratios, Welfare reform, workfare, McJobs

February 2021 - video - interview with Nobel Laureate economist Dr James Heckman - American Enterprise Institute - "The Role of Families in Human Flourishing" Economist James Heckman's research on the cost-benefit of very high quality early intervention programs for…

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When education personnel violate parent-child rights: what is happening, what to do, legal action — a four-part video series and supplemental documents

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Suggestions for legal action when education personnel violate parent-child rights. This work is to give evidence and analysis to support legal action with 'how to' suggestion. The tone is related to that goal.  PART 1 Part 1 of 4 gives…

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Video: What Benefits Children’s Development? What The Top Economist James Heckman Really Says.

Posted by on in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC, Attachment, Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Children's Well-Being, Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mental/Emotional Health, Parents’ and Children’s Rights, Policy with promise, Quality & staff-child ratios, Welfare reform, workfare, McJobs, Women & Work

February 2021. Katharine B. Stevens. American Enterprise Institute - (youtube video): Interview with Nobel Laureate economist Dr James Heckman - "The Role of Families in Human Flourishing" Original article: February 2021. Katharine B. Stevens. American Enterprise Institute - (article): The…

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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 on in 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',…

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Residential Schools Became Child Protection Services Says Head of Truth & Reconciliation Commission

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2018 October 27. Canadian Press - (web news article): "Residential school ‘monster’ now lives in child-welfare system: senator: Sen. Murray Sinclair said there are more children in Canada’s child-welfare system today than there were at the height of residential schools" For…

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Government Attacks Parental Consent for Kids’ Health Care: “Mature Minors” & BC Infants Act

Posted by on in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Mature minor consent & Infants Act, Parental consent & informed consent, Parental preference, Parents’ and Children’s Rights

2021 June. Kids First - (youtube video): "BC Government Campaign Attacks Parental Consent for Kids' Health Care: "Mature Minors" & BC Infants Act" Parents' legal obligation and right to determine their children's health care is under attack across Canada. The…

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Separating Children From Parents Has Been a Strategy of Canadian Politicians Since Before Confederation

Posted by on in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Education & parent-child rights, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, First Nations, Misc., Power imbalance between parents & state

2021 June. National Post - (web news article): "The Canadians who thought Residential Schools were a good idea"For KF archive copy of news article see here Note: Edgerton Ryerson was the 'father' of not only the Residential School system but…

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Article About Significance of the “Bus Dad Case”: ‘Power Imbalance’

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2020 October. Frances Rosner. Bar Talk [Canadian Bar Association of BC journal] - (web article): "70K Legal Battle Leads to Finding that The MCFD Made Unauthorized Orders on a Parent" "When parents become involved with the Ministry of Children and…

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BC MCFD Child Protection and RCMP Violate Parents’ and Child’s Rights

Posted by on in Child Protection Services, Parents’ and Children’s Rights, Power imbalance between parents & state

2021 April - audio recording - KF interview of parents of BC child with Downs Syndrome regarding MCFD & RCMP intervention.Helen Ward interviews the parents to ask questions about how the family was treated when a child protection received a…

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