Ottawa Limits Number of Foreign Caregivers in Canada

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Ottawa has announced its plan to modify the decades-old live-in caregivers program with an upcoming two tier new labour program that would also restrict the number of foreign nannies it accepts. Immigration Minister, Chris Alexander, announced on Friday that the upcoming changed would be introduced in December and no longer oblige caregivers to live in their employer’s home. It was added that new minimum language and education requirements to become eligible to work as caregivers here would also be imposed.

However, it is not yet clear if the government plans to remove the right to “automatic permanent residency” for caregivers who meet their minimum employment hours and pass the necessary criminal and medical clearances. Addressing a new conference about Canada’s 2015 immigration plan, Alexander stated that “caregivers matter to Canada and have made enormous contributions to Canada’s economy, to our economic success, to the success of the Canadian families.” Alexander alleged that “what do these improvements mean to caregivers? They mean, first and foremost, faster processing, faster family reunification, less time away from loved ones . . . . Caregivers will have more pathways toward permanent residency and better tools to achieve success in Canadian labour market.”

Liza Draman of the Caregivers Action Centre stressed that the group’s 1,000-plus members are concerned about what is to come on Nov. 30. A former live-in caregiver from the Philippines, Draman, alleged that “the only thing that is good about (Friday’s) announcement is the end to the live-in requirement,” adding that “if the minister is serious about improving the condition for the caregivers, he should grant them status upon arrival.”

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