Current Press Releases
July 2010: Coalition Launches Website to Gather Support for Tougher Child Labour Standards in BC: nochildlabour.org
June 2010: BC Child Poverty Rate Still Worst in Canada Despite Continued Drop
February 2010: Could You Raise Your Family on a Welfare Income?
January 2010: Twenty Years Later - A Second Look
November 2009: BC Child Poverty Rate Still the Worst in Canada
June 2009: Child Poverty Rate Drops Significantly, But BC Still Worst of Any Province
November 2008: No Olympic Medal for BC's Lead in Child Poverty Rate
November 2008: Vancouver Civic Parties Take Up Call for a Living Wage for Families in Municipal Election
June 2008: Child and Youth Coalition Supports Jordan's Principle, Urges BC to Take Action
May 2008: BC's Child Poverty Rate Still Worst in Canada for Fifth Consecutive Year in 2006
Briefs
2011 Federal Pre-Budget Submission
2010 Provincial Pre-Budget Submission
2009
Federal Pre-Budget Submission
First Call recommends that the federal government make a legislated, continuing
and co-operative commitment to eliminate poverty in Canada.
2008
Recommendations on the Preparation of Canada's 3rd and 4th Reports on Child
Rights
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.
February 2009: Children... Our Top Priority? Comment on the provincial budget.
July 2008: Campaign 2000 Op-Ed - It Takes a Nation to Raise a Generation: Why Canada’s Sustainability Must Include Poverty Reduction (published in the Vancouver Sun)
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
Letter to Minister of Children and Family Development following up on October 2009 meeting with members of the Early Childhood Development Roundtable.
Letter to Minister of Labour following up on October 2009 meeting on the safety of children in the work force. Minister Coell's response.
Letter to Premier Campbell about the August 2009 Council of the Federation meeting and the issue of child and family poverty.
Reply from Minister Coleman on the government's lack of action on the minimum wage and living wage.
Letter to Minister Coleman regarding poverty reduction strategies for children, youth, and families in BC and a second request to meet to discuss programs and policies for children.
Reply from Minister Coleman regarding First Call's request for a meeting with Premier Campbell.
Letter to Premier Campbell requesting a meeting to discuss programs and policies for children.
Letter to Opposition Leader Carole James urging her caucus to commit to a poverty reduction strategy.
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