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Residency Status: Workers Need and Immigration Plan

residency status: They both expire on Nov. 29, 2019, according to CBC. Migrant workers need permanent residency status, labour advocates say Liberals prepare to reveal 2018 immigration plan they say will boost economy, help refugees Natalie Drolet, the executive director of West Coast Domestic Workers Association, says the program is crucial because many of the caregivers who come to work in Canada do so in the hopes of staying. Two five-year pilot projects were launched in 2014, one for those caring for children and a second for those caring for people with high medical needs. By and large, 95 per cent of the caregivers that come to Canada are women from developing countries, Drolet said. The association is holding a community meeting and rally in Vancouver, B.C. on Saturday afternoon to advocate for permanent residency pathways for foreign care workers. They come here because they want to provide their children and their families with a brighter future. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.