Spain recently approved legislation that requires children to

• help out with the housework ‘in accordance with their age and regardless of their gender;
• ‘participate in family life’ and respect ‘their parents and siblings’
• ‘respect school rules’ and ‘study as required’
• children ‘will have to maintain a positive attitude about learning’
• ‘respect their teachers and other staff at education teachers’

Most of them seem like things children should be doing anyway, but what do you think of the government legislating how you parent.  Currently they do not have penalties in place if children do not follow through on these new laws but they may follow when the bill goes to final approval.  As children, we were expected to help with chores but the government making that decision for my parents seems like too much too me.

Side note – Spain already has a legal requirement in its marriage contract for men to help with all household duties including childcare – with legal ramifications including impacting divorce settlements!

What do you think of the new law?

From May the 2nd to the 8th, no Frills Ontario has Classic Breyers Ice Cream 500ml advertised for $0.97. There’s not likely to be much of a flavour selection in this size, and the flyer shows vanilla…HOWEVER, if you have the coupon pictured above this ice cream is yours for free! The tear pad coupon is for $1 off the purchase of any Unilever ice cream product, which includes Breyers, Magnum, Fruitare, Klondike, Popsicle, and Ben & Jerry’s. This tear pad coupon was found very recently in stores so you may still be able to find it.

Keep in mind that you will not be able to price match this product either as 500ml is a special size, and not a format that stores typically carry. Click here to view the No Frills Ontario flyer.

Our SmartCanucks SmartSource Canada printable coupon portal has a new printable coupon available!

• Save $2.50 on any one package of Huggies Diapers

Limited to 2 prints per coupon, only one coupon per transaction. 

Click here to print your SmartCanucks SmartSource coupons and save!

Here is a great bonus Air Miles promo beginning May the 2nd at Metro Ontario. Have taco night and rack up the Air Miles! Receive 50 bonus Air Miles reward miles when you purchase any five of the following items:

• Assorted Colour Peppers
• Selection Tortillas
• Selection Mexican Kits
• Selection Salsa
• Selection Tortilla Chips
• Selection Shredded Cheese
• Selection Sour Cream
• Selection Napkins
• Selection Foam Plates
• Lean Ground  Beef Value Pack

Some of these items are fairly inexpensive, so if you’re looking for a quick way to get some Air Miles then this is a pretty good offer. Click here to view the Metro Ontario flyer. Offer is valid until May the 8th.

Today only, shop online at Hollister and get select jeans for just $23 each.  There are 23 styles to choose from, including some jeggings for women, with regular prices ranging from $42.50 to $79.50.

Spend $75 or more and get free shipping when you choose standard shipping to Canada.   If you do not spend $75, shipping is $15 so it is probably worth buying enough to get free shipping.  These items do ship from the US but estimated duties and taxes are included at the time of your order so you do not get a shock bill when they arrive.

Click here to shop the men’s selection or click here for the women’s sale jeans.

This deal is applied as a promo automatically so it does not look like you can combine this deal with other coupon codes.

Amazon Canada gas awesome Mother’s Day gift ideas. Get the perfect gift for mom:

• Get Kindle Wi-Fi, 6″ E Ink Display for $59.00, regular $79.00, save $20.00 – 25% off.
• Get Kindle Fire 7″ Tablet, Now in HD 7″ HD Display, Wi-Fi, 8GB or 16GB for $139.00, regular $179.00, save $40.00 – 22% off.

These items has Free Shipping.

Click here to get These Amazon.ca online offers.

For those who have been looking forward to the opening of the Niagara Outlet Collection, they have finally confirmed an opening date and full list of stores.  The Outlet Collection will open on May 15th and is located at 300 Taylor Road, Niagara on the Lake.

They will have an impressive list of 102 stores and restaurants including several first-in-Canada outlet locations; the first Bass Pro Shops Outpost concept store, the first Pandora Outlet and the first White House Black Market Outlet as well as many of the usual stores.

Here is the full list of stores, it is a long one!

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Forum member cyn88canada has uploaded some sneak peeks of Ontario flyers for next week!

Food Basics – click here to view the flyer

• Whole Chickens 2/$10
• Cashmere toilet paper 12 double rolls $3.97
• Lean ground chicken, turkey or pork $2.99/lb
• Family size General Mills cereals $3.97
• Purex sale continues – get Purex No Sort for $2.49 after coupon

FreshCo’s $2 Sale – click here to view the flyer

• Tetley 72s $2
• Lays chips $2
• Tropicana Tropics $2
• many fruits and vegetables at $0.91/lb – 2/kg

Metro 88s Event – click here to view the flyer

• Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast $3.88/lb
• Simply Orange Jugs $3.88
• Selection Salted Butter $2.88

No Frills – click here to view the flyer

• No Name cheese bars 500g $3.77
• Pork Back Ribs $2.88/lb
• 10lb Potatoes $1.67

Real Canadian SuperStore – click here to view the flyer

• Delissio/Buitoni Pizza /$10
• 32″ Haier TV $199
• Save $10 when you spend $30 on Joe Fresh sleepwear/intimates

Walmart – click here to view the flyer

• Christie cookies or Quaker Granola Bars $1.67
• Gay Lea Sour Cream $2 (don’t forget that some of those $2 coupons expire tomorrow)
• Primo Pasta/Sauce $1

More added:

• Foodland (thanks web3) – click here to view the flyer
• ValuMart (thanks web3) – click here to view the flyer

Walmart have the Oster Baby Nutrition Centre on rollback.  You can pick one up in-store or online for $79.88 (save $50).  You may have to check availability at several stores, my local one is out of stock but looking at ones within 15km there was plenty of stock at various stores.

• The complete and convenient centre with everything you need to prepare bottles and baby food
• Fully-equipped to steam and process up to 600g of food at once to capture full nutritional value for your baby
• Also functions as a sterilizer and bottle warmer
• Is dishwasher safe and includes 3 storage containers, nutrient cup, bottle warmer, sterilizer, and 3 steam trays
• Designed with 0-24 month-olds in mind

You can eliminate countertop and cupboard clutter and prepare nutritional baby food with ease with this great deal.

Click here to buy from Walmart or Amazon have already pricematched this deal if you have some Amazon.ca gift cards burning a hole in your pocket.

I was checking out the sneak peek of the Real Canadian SuperStore flyer and noticed that there is a P&G Brandsaver coupon insert due out this weekend!

The coupons online are usually very similar to the ones in the insert so we should have a good idea tomorrow when the coupons go live online to start our shopping lists ahead of the insert on the weekend.

Brandsaver can be slow when it goes live and many people are logging in.  If you are not sure you remember your password, check today so you are ready when they do go live tomorrow.

Click here to go to Brandsaver

Healthy Essentials has added a new printable coupon to their great coupon portal.  Save $3 when you buy any two Johnson’s Baby Bedtime products. I will be printing this one, forget babies, even I love Johnson’s Bedtime products. The oil is great on dry/flaky skin to get summer ready for showing some more skin too.

If you are not familiar with Healthy Essentials, it is free to sign up and they have coupons for many Johnson’s labels such as Aveeno, Bandaid,  Listerine, Neutrogena, Polysporin, Reactine, Tylenol, Visine, Zantac and more.

Click here to print your coupon.  Healthy Essentials coupons are one per account.

Food Basics Ontario has recently started carrying Chapman’s ice cream, and there is a fantastic offer coming up next week. From May the 2nd to the 8th, Food Basics has Chapman’s original ice cream on sale for $1.88. If you ordered and have received your Chapman’s coupon for $4 off the purchase of any Chapman’s products, you can get two boxes for free! And yes, if you look at the coupon it does say it’s valid on $4 worth of Chapman’s product”s,” plural, with an “s,” so you should have no problem using it on 2 boxes. Select Chapman’s novelties are also included in the sale, such as Lolly’s if you prefer those to ice cream.

The Chapman’s coupon does not appear to be available for order at the moment, but you can typically order the coupon once per year.

Click here to view the Food Basics Ontario flyer.

We have a sneak peek of the Pharmaprix flyer for next week.  While it will not be identical to the Shoppers Drug Mart flyer, they are usually similar so you can start making your shopping lists and decide if you are better off shopping tomorrow with your coupon for 20X Optimum points when you spend $50 on almost anything in the store.

With Mother’s Day coming up soon and their Beauty Gala this weekend, many of the offers are for fragrance gift sets and other giftable items.  The promotion runs all week and is 20x Optimum when you spend $75 or more on beauty products such as fragrance, cosmetics, skincare, hosiery, jewelery, hair colour, bath foam and nail care (personally I have never worked out how hosiery mixes with the rest of this list).  They also have several Optimum Hotspots on items that will qualify for 20x so you can “save” quite a lot in Optimum points.

The two day sales run on Saturday and Sunday and include:

• Royale Tiger Towels $4.77
• Soft Soap $1.99
• Lady Speedstick $1.99
• Lays/Doritos Chips $1.88

Click here to view the flyer

Shop online today at Gap Canada and save 25% off your purchase with no minimum spend requirements when you enter GAPTREAT at checkout.

As always with Gap, there is quite the list of exclusions.  This sale excludes: Final Sale, Jeans, Jean Shorts, Premium Pants, Leather and Suede Apparel and Bags, Playtime Favorites, Kid’s and Baby Sleepwear, Kid’s Uniforms, Women’s Underwear, Baby Organic, Shoes, Kid’s and Baby Rainforest Collection, First Favorites, Playtime First Fun, Junk Food, Umbro.

The sale does, however, work on their Spring Sale items.  You can find some great deals at up to 60% off and add the 25-30% coupon to get some amazing prices, especially for Gap pricing.

If you can shop early tomorrow, wait and save even more when you shop during their flash sale before 10am and use coupon code GAPTIME at checkout.  The exclusions have not been released for this code but are likely the same as the coupon above.

These offers are not valid in-store but you can still find their Spring Sale items in-store.  You will earn GAPCASH when shopping too which you can redeem May 14-18.

Click here to shop online at Gap Canada.

Well.ca’s daily deal is EarthSafe Hand & Body Lotion in Purifying Fire 350 mL for just $3.99 (regularly $11.99).

EarthSafe takes great pride in using the highest quality ingredients possible in their formulations. They have worked with a brilliant formulator from Vancouver and a master aroma therapist from Guelph. A personal “hands-on” approach is taken when selecting and harvesting the proper tree essences, herbs, plants, fruits, flowers and oils.  Deeply Moisturizing. Formulated with natural and therapeutic botanical tree and plant essence, the essential oil blends for EarthSafe are designed to alter your mood and change your day in a positive way.

Shipping is free when you spend $25 or more and they accept PayPal.  Need some other items to get to the free shipping threshold?  Try:

• Green & Natural bundles from $19
• Save 30% on AirWick, Finish, and Duracell
• Save up to 25% on snacks, specialty and health foods

Are you a new customer to well.ca?  Enter SPRINGSHOWER to save $10 off a purchase of $40 or more when paying by credit card. Well.ca’s coupon codes usually reduce the tax too helping you save even more.