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…
Category: Work, unwaged work, labour force statistics, GDP
WSJ – “A Dangerous Experiment in Child Rearing”
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
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…
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Media release: BC parties’ daycare promises ignore majority of families, miss opportunity to earn votes
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
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”
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
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?
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
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…