{"id":33454,"date":"2014-12-03T13:10:10","date_gmt":"2014-12-03T05:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=33454"},"modified":"2014-12-03T13:10:10","modified_gmt":"2014-12-03T05:10:10","slug":"ndp-motion-demands-respect-for-live-in-caregivers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/12\/03\/ndp-motion-demands-respect-for-live-in-caregivers\/","title":{"rendered":"NDP motion demands respect for live-in caregivers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jinny.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jinny.jpg\" alt=\"jinny\" width=\"225\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-33455\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jinny.jpg 225w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jinny-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/jinny-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<em>Sims<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n<p>NDP Critic for Employment and Social Development Jinny Sims introduced a motion in Parliament calling on the Conservative government to remove the caps on permanent resident applications for live-in caregivers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese caps to permanent resident applications are arbitrary and they target the Filipino community here in Canada,\u201d said Sims. \u201cI\u2019m calling on Conservatives and Liberals to put their politics aside and support my motion to remove these unfair caps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The caps to applications introduced by Immigration Minister Chris Alexander could mean that almost 1500 fewer caregivers will have the opportunity to apply for permanent residency. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen how much damage these caps have caused in other immigration categories, such as family reunification,\u201d added Sims. \u201cWe know these caps are wrong and that\u2019s why we\u2019re taking action to stop them. Live-in caregivers deserve respect in Canada,\u201d Sims said. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sims NDP Critic for Employment and Social Development Jinny Sims introduced a motion in Parliament calling on the Conservative government &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":33455,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1481],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-33454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-news-comm"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33454","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=33454"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/33454\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/33455"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=33454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=33454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}