Human Resources committee  Good morning. Thank you very much for giving me this brief opportunity to say something about the live-in caregiver program. You asked what is different in other provinces from Quebec. In Quebec, live-in caregivers are not included in the workers' compensation program. I think

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We're doing a study right now within our community with regard to the restructuring of the Employment Standards Act in British Columbia. We'll be coming out with the report soon.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  In British Columbia, the Employment Standards Act was restructured in 2002. And even before 2002, this was not working for workers, especially temporary workers and live-in caregivers. When it was restructured, it was pretty difficult for individuals who were working in private h

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I've already presented several of the impacts of this program in our community specifically. For example, the deskilling of the Filipino women is the context for why we want this program to be scrapped. Many nurses who have come under the live-in caregiver program are not working

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I would like to share our experience with regard to the review that we have been requesting for many years of the live-in caregiver program. Last year we were finally brought here to Ottawa to talk about the issues concerning the program. That was January 2005. There have been so

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good morning, everybody. My name is Cecilia Diocson. I'm the executive director of the National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada. This alliance was formed in 2002 and we have 15 organizations across the country. Our work in the community is organizing education and advoca