Canada and Ebola Outbreak

Ebola outbreak: 2. Ebola screening: Health authorities announced Wednesday that Canada is going to start "targeted temperature" screening of travellers arriving from countries affected by the Ebola outbreak . Any traveller from West Africa who shows signs of illness, or has had contact with someone who is sick, will be referred to a quarantine officer from the Public Health Agency of Canada. The agency says the risk Ebola poses to Canadians "has not changed and remains very low.", according to CTV. 4. Live-in caregivers speak out: Groups representing live-in caregivers who come from abroad to work for Canadian families will hold news conferences Thursday in Ottawa, Toronto and Vancouver, to outline what they call "secretive" government plans to overhaul the live-in caregiver program. The workers, many of them immigrant women from the Philippines and the Caribbean, say they must work in Canada for 24 months before being able to apply for permanent residency status. During that time, caregivers "often face stolen wages, bad health, long hours, separation from their families and employer abuse," the groups representing them say and 1. Copyright changes: The Conservative government is planning to change Canadian copyright law so that political parties can use media content for free, and without permission, in their advertising. The changes, buried in the massive omnibus bill, would mandate the broadcast or publication of the political ads, even if their own content was used in a negative context. Opposition MPs are crying foul, accusing the Conservatives of changing the law to suit their own needs ahead of the 2015 election. 3. Homegrown terror? The commissioner has revealed there are more than 60 active security investigations involving 90 suspected extremists who intend to fight in, or have returned to Canada from, conflicts abroad. While Bob Paulson said Canadians shouldn't be alarmed, Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney was more forceful , saying suspected extremists pose a threat "to our security at home." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.