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Live-in Caregiver Program and Foreign Workers

foreign workers: While virtually all programs dealing with temporary foreign workers were revised, the live-in caregiver program remained unchanged. , according to CBC. When changes are announced, it is important that the program, which helps thousands of Canadian families, be maintained but be reformed to allow live-in caregivers and their families to arrive in Canada as conditional permanent residents. Caregiver program 'out of control' When the federal government overhauled the Temporary Foreign Worker program in June, it did so with the release a 40-page paper outlining detailed changes. While no changes to the live-in caregiver program have been announced, the federal government has signalled that changes are on the way.. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.