Martha Friendly

Long-Standing Daycare Lobbyist Error Corrected

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon May 17, 2021May 20, 2021in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization

May 5, 2021 - Kids First submitted this correction (PDF) to two different articles in the Toronto Star regarding incorrect statements that: 1. Leading daycare lobbyist, Martha Friendly's lobby group, the Childcare Resource and Reference Unity, is at the University…

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…

The OECD: Globalizing Daycare Lobby Ideology

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon June 15, 2008June 17, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, International organizations (OECD, World Bank, UNICEF, etc.. ), Misc.

The Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development's "finding" that Canada ranks lowest in spending on child care and early learning, and its predictable recommendations, need to be seen for what they are intended to be: propaganda tools for the domestic…

Letter to the Editor Re: Dis-information in Article by Top Daycare Lobbyist, Martha Friendly

Posted by kidsfirstcanadaon January 5, 2006July 7, 2020in Daycare lobby left & right, neo-liberalism, defamilialization, Disinformation by daycare/all-day K lobby, Misc.

Helen Ward, National PresidentKids First Parent Association of Canada4819 Albert St.Burnaby, BC604-291-0088www.kidsfirstcanada.orginfo@kidsfirstcanada.org Dear Editor: Martha Friendly, head of the fully SDC-funded Childcare Resource and Research Unit, spins disinformation in her article. She does not mention that the research consistently shows…