Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Daycare Lobby Power Grab History: Toronto Star Daycare Reporter Describes How Canada’s Daycare Lobby Legacy Feminists Got Power by Getting in Bed With the Business Elite Neo-lib/Cons, “The Boys”, “The Suits” at RBC, the World Bank and the OCED

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 8, 2021May 8, 2021in 2021 Daycare Budget, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

2005. Laurie Monsabraaten. Toronto Star - (news article): "The 'Tiny Tot' brigade; The daycare lobby believed it might actually for the first time in 30 years taste victory a publicly funded, national child-care program. But defeat seems to be making…

WSJ – “A Dangerous Experiment in Child Rearing”

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 16, 2021in All-day kindergarten/daycare/preschool/ELCC, Effects on child outcomes: health, cognitive, behavioural, Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

1998 (posted 2021 March). Andrew Peyton Thomas. Wall Street Journal - (article): "A Dangerous Experiment in Child Rearing". PDF excerpt copy for reference Edward Zigler, co-founder of US Head Start program, called daycare centres "PSYCHOLOGICAL THALIDOMIDE"The research cited in this…

Canada & England’s Top Banker Says The GDP Is An Inadequate Measure

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 2, 2021March 2, 2021in Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

March 2021. Mark Carney. CBC radio/BBC – (lecture): “BBC Reith Lectures: Mark Carney, Part Three“ . Mark Carney, former Governor of the Bank of Canada and the Bank of England, says that the GDP is inadequate to measure what we value…

Media release: BC parties’ daycare promises ignore majority of families, miss opportunity to earn votes

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 16, 2020in Children's Well-Being, Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Enrollment statistics, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Vacancy rates, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

KIDS FIRST PARENT ASSOCIATION OF CANADA http://www.kidsfirstcanada.org info@kidsfirstcanada.org Media release: BC parties’ daycare promises ignore majority of families, miss opportunity to earn votes Burnaby, BC - October 15, 2020 - BC’s political parties have missed the opportunity to earn votes…

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…

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…

Should Parents Be Paid?

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon October 3, 2019May 23, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

October 3, 2019 New York Times article: Stay at Home Parents Work Hard: Should They Be Paid?

Media Release: International Women’s Day complaint to federal government: end discrimination against mothers caring for their kids

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon March 8, 2018May 22, 2020in Discrimination against parents, children, and parental child care, Law, legal cases, formal complaints, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

MEDIA RELEASE Burnaby, BC - March 8, 2018 - Kids First Parent Association of Canada is marking International Women's Day by submitting a formal complaint to the federal government regarding discrimination. A letter submitted today outlines discrimination against both mothers…

March 8, 2018 – International Women's Day

Our government thinks maternal child care is bad for women and children and the economy. Our leaders want to "GET MOTHERS BACK TO WORK" and get our children into full time LICENSED DAYCARE so we can be "PRODUCTIVE" in the…

The Daycare Lobby’s Misogyny

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon August 31, 2017May 21, 2020in Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

August 31, 2017: Cardus op-ed by Helen Ward: The Daycare Lobby's Misogyny . Regarding government and corporate schemes to bully mothers away from our kids and into full time jobs we ask: With feminist like this, who needs patriarchy?

Mothers' & fathers' paid work grossly over-stated by daycare proponents

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 5, 2017May 23, 2020in Misc., Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Mothers' & fathers' paid work grossly over-stated by daycare proponents: About 1/2 of mothers and 2/3 of fathers do paid work on an average day June 1, 2017. Patricia Houle, Martin Turcotte, and Michael Wendt. Statistics Canada - report: "Changes…

Exploiting women through childcare

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon August 15, 2016May 20, 2020in Costs & costs-benefit analysis, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Parental preference, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Aug 10, 2016: Financial Post article, Exploiting women through childcare. The Federal government is considering a $500M "child care" subsidy program in order to increase mothers' employment. Is this what women want? Does cheap daycare increase mothers' labour force participation?

It’s Payback Time for Women

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon January 10, 2016May 18, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

Jan. 8, 2016, New York Times article: Unpaid care work - Finland announces Universal Basic Income for all adults. It's Payback Time for Women

Full Equality For Women (broken link)

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon September 15, 2014May 16, 2020in Child poverty, income, family finances & taxation, Misc., Mothers, women's equality, gender equity, feminisms, misogyny, Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP

FULL EQUALITY FOR WOMEN: Funding for family care work embraced by economists and lawyers "every mother is a working mother" Sept 2014 "Setting a wage for homemaking" - Mercatornet (broken link)September 2014 "Taking Unpaid Housework for Granted Is Wrong" -…