Citizenship and Immigration committee  I agree with the fact that the agency should be regulated. The problem, however, is that a lot of the caregivers we see who complain about the high fees that they pay--and some of them pay up to $10,000--have no receipt. There's no proof, because it's cash in most instances. So in terms of being able to get that money back, I don't know how we'd be able to go about doing it.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The vast majority of clients come into our office because they have complaints. Several other agencies help caregivers, and they usually help them fill out forms to extend permits. Most of the caregivers we see come because they have some irregularity regarding their immigration documents—misrepresentation, for example.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It is broken.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Actually, I was going to address that—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Something similar to that will work.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Not necessarily.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Put me out of business? No. And you know—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Do you know what, though? I believe that everyone who works in the social field should work themselves out of a business as part of proving success. So if that's what you're alluding to, that's not a bad thing.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  No, because a lot of the problems that we're facing have to do with the relationship between the employer and the caregiver. And you know in this society, even for people who are landed immigrants and citizens, they have problems in the workplace. So caregivers come into an extraordinary or different workplace when they live in someone's home.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  What would change, though, is that it will put them in a more just and equal position to come in as landed immigrants, like Europeans did years ago.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Actually, I only heard the last part of the second question, in relation to whether we agree with the report.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  The contribution agreement allows for $319,000, and we had a slippage of about $50,000.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We provide services for what are referred to as ISAP-eligible clients, meaning people who come through immigration in Canada and are eligible to work legally under the temporary foreign worker program. Our focus, though, is on live-in caregivers and caregivers who are—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  When you are asking about caregivers, are you talking in terms of programs? All of it is for programs—

Citizenship and Immigration committee  A caregiver has to work for 24 months and pay taxes within three years to be eligible to apply for landed status.