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…
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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)
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 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…
Kids First funded this case and expert witnesses. A father, Jim Boland, challenged the definition of 'child care' in the Tax Act that excludes parental child care, stating was it discriminated based on family status and violated Section 15 (equality…
February 2020. Vancouver Sun article: "Too young to ride the bus alone? Vancouver dad disagrees" (broken link) September 15, 2015. BC Supreme Court - court judgment: BC Supreme Court Decision B.R. v. K.K. - (the 'Home Alone' Terrace BC Case)…
Who decides when children are old enough to be alone: parents or social workers? The 2015 Terrace BC 'home alone' case set the precedent that no child under 10 can be alone anywhere ever. It all started with a neighbour…
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Mature minor consent laws undermine parents' and children's rights. February 2020. Helen Ward. Kids First Parent Association of Canada - discussion article: "Mature Minor Consent Laws" (Download article PDF here)
Current family laws that define "abuse" and "risk" are vague, over-broad, and arbitrary and thus may violate the 'principles of fundamental justice' of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. Parents' Charter rights to a fair trial are not addressed.…
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February 22, 2018 Globe & Mail article: BC Supreme Court order providing Indigenous mother daily access to newborn could set national precedent December 14, 2019 Globe & Mail front page feature article: No way out: How a mother is fighting…
"Mature minor consent" in BC's Infants Act violates Charter rights to life, liberty, & security of personTragic overdose death of 16 year old whose doctors shut out parents from medical decisionsTragic overdose death of 15 year old whose parents were…
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FAMILY VS STATE: Scottish families defeat Orwellian state intervention mega-project. September 19, 2019. BBC - article: "Named person scheme scrapped by Scottish government"
August 20, 2019. Kerry McDonald. Foundation for Economic Education (USA) - article: How Government Programs Ruin Childhood: Childhood is being ruined and parents are the only ones who can save it
$0 per child in parental child care$24,000++ per 'space' for non-parental 'prototype' daycareparents not considered to be child care workersgovernment admits inadequate quality daycare will take $100++million to improve November 9, 2018. B.C. Ministry of Children and Family - news…
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BC Law Society's handbook of advice for BC parents about parents rights in child protection issues. 2019. Carol Herter, Katrina Harry, et. al. Legal Services Society - handbook: Parents’ Rights, Kids’ Rights: (Download PDF here) NOTE: parents' and children's Charter…
