Federal Government Grant and Caregiver

permanent residency: I can’t work, according to Globe and Mail. What can I do She said she is not alone in this situation. Torres said. She called on the federal government to grant caregivers permanent residency on arrival, which would bolster their rights and make it easier for them to leave employers that treat them unfairly. In the first months after the changes, documents obtained by a caregiver advocacy group showed that the number of approvals to bring in a caregiver from abroad dropped dramatically, by as much as 90 per cent. Canada changed the rules governing the caregiver immigration program nine months ago, removing the requirement that caregivers live with the families that hire them but requiring more paperwork, including an LMIA, to prove the job had been widely advertised and no qualified Canadians could fill it. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.