Current Press Releases
May 2008: BC's Child Poverty Rate Still Worst in Canada for Fifth Consecutive Year in 2006.
Briefs
First Call’s recommendations for a child and youth friendly budget.
2008 Federal Pre-Budget Submission
First Call’s recommendations for a child and youth friendly budget.
2006 Presentation to the Senate Human Rights Committee
In our submission we outline primarily where we think the rights of children as asserted in the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child are in most need of attention.
May 2008: One Big Issue Missed by the Province: Fighting Poverty
December
2007: First Call comments on the Ministry for Children and
Family Development's Good Practice Action Plan.
July
2007: Carole Taylor Approaches Her Moment of Truth on the $4.1
Billion Surplus
May
2007: BC’s Auditor General denies Minister Reid’s
claims on child care spending
April
2007: BC's Child Care Crisis: Overblown Rhetoric, Underfunded
Realities
November
2006: Where are children and youth represented in the Provincial
Budget Consultation Report 2007?
July
2006: Fixing the social imbalance will build a stronger Canada
May
2006: Federal Budget Response
March
2005: Now UNICEF Researchers are Wondering: When Will Canada
Take Child Poverty Seriously?
February
2005: Federal Budget Response: Thanks for the Money for Child
Care, Now What About Fighting Child Poverty?
February
2005: Provincial Budget Response: Some Good News, But Hardly
the "Golden Decade"
February
2005: Some Advice to Ken Dryden on Child Care: Get it Right
or Don't Bother
Open
Letter to Senators in support of repealing section 43 of the
criminal code which excuses the physical "correction" of children.
Letter
to the Minister for National Revenue on the federal scooping
of child support payments to pay back taxes.
Letter
to the Attorney General advocating for families who are not
receiving their child support payments.
Letter
to Statistics Canada about concerns over the way the bureau
is handling data on children
Open letter to the Prime Minister on the Omission of Child
and Youth Issues from the Agenda of the Security and Prosperity Partnership
Letter
in Support of the Community Action Program for Children and
the Canada Prenatal Nutrition Program
Letter
of Support to the Prime Minister for the Assembly of First
Nations National Day of Action