Filipino Nannies: Live In Caregiver Program

Two Streams Dept: Although the government maintains 98 per cent of livein caregivers eventually become permanent residents, last week Immigration Minister Jason Kenney said fewer people were qualifying for the program, adding that it was one of two streams poised to take a hit in 2012 as the government freezes overall immigration while boosting certain economic streams, according to Montreal Gazette. "I predict that the live-in caregiver program will be a growing and important part of our immigration system in the future," Kenney told a group of mostly Filipino nannies in a March 2010 video posted on YouTube and immigrants admitted through the government's foreign live-in caregiver stream say they've been duped by the immigration minister, who touted the program's success and certain growth prior to the May election, only to claw back on the number targeted for permanent residency next year. It's a far different tune than the one Kenney was singing last year. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.