{"id":30752,"date":"2014-11-04T23:10:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-04T15:10:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=30752"},"modified":"2015-02-01T11:11:21","modified_gmt":"2015-02-01T03:11:21","slug":"what-people-are-saying-about-the-improvements-to-the-caregiver-program","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/11\/04\/what-people-are-saying-about-the-improvements-to-the-caregiver-program\/","title":{"rendered":"What people are saying about the improvements to the Caregiver Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_24504\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-24504\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/old-woman-caregiver-health-senior-citizen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-24504\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/old-woman-caregiver-health-senior-citizen.jpg\" alt=\"Shutterstock Image\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/old-woman-caregiver-health-senior-citizen.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/old-woman-caregiver-health-senior-citizen-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-24504\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Shutterstock Image<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>Chantal Desloges<\/strong>, Immigration Lawyer, Toronto:<br \/>\n\u201cThe biggest one of course is that they\u2019re removing the requirement that caregivers have to live in the home with their employer in order to qualify, which is\u2026 it\u2019s an enormous change and it\u2019s going to be very, very beneficial for the caregivers.\u201d<br \/>\n<strong>Judith Gonzales<\/strong>, Former Caregiver, Caregivers Advocate, Vice President Corporate Marketing,\u00a0<span style=\"line-height: 1.5;\">Canadian International Career College, Toronto:<br \/>\n<\/span>\u201cThe enhanced caregiver program will definitely minimize vulnerabilities; the quicker process of permanent residency application will eliminate backlogs and definitely will shorten the waiting time for reunification.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong> Richard Kurland<\/strong>, Immigration Lawyer, Vancouver:<br \/>\n\u201cUnder new rules, foreign caregivers and their own families all get permanent resident visas in about six months. And, caregivers are no longer required to live in the employer\u2019s home. They have been given the freedom to choose where they want to live. More freedom, faster visas.\u200e LCP is fixed.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong> Erlinda Insigne<\/strong>, President, Filipino-Canadian Association of Vaughan:<br \/>\n\u201cThe immigration reforms to the Caregiver Program is definitely welcome news to the Filipino Caregivers who constitute a majority of caregivers in Canada. The ending of the live-in requirement will surely terminate the long working hours of caregivers and end the susceptibility of being abused by employers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong> Jeannette Rosales<\/strong>, Our Lady of the Assumption Church, Toronto:<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s giving the caregivers some clarity in their current situation. There is less anxiety about what\u2019s going to happen. Most importantly, it\u2019s giving the caregivers hope!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong> Terry Olayta<\/strong>, Coordinator, First Ontario Alliance of Caregivers Canada (FOACC), Toronto:<br \/>\n\u201cIt\u2019s a celebration of thanks. The government has met the needs of the caregivers. In addition, the enhanced program will give more opportunities to better careers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>News Release:<a href=\"http:\/\/news.gc.ca\/web\/article-en.do?nid=898729\"> Improving Canada\u2019s Caregiver Program<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Released November 4, 2014<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chantal Desloges, Immigration Lawyer, Toronto: \u201cThe biggest one of course is that they\u2019re removing the requirement that caregivers have to &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":24504,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1482,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-30752","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-breaking","category-news-ca","mauthors-press-release-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30752","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=30752"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30752\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24504"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30752"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30752"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30752"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}