Human Resources committee  That's one of the practical reasons why I'm not a mother--because you have to take care of the child care situation.

Human Resources committee  Certainly I can talk about my clients. For a lot of the immigrant women who are here, child care is a serious problem. There's simply no accessible subsidized child care available. Do you know what happens in the end? Many of my clients end up sending their kids back to China.

Human Resources committee  Okay, thank you.

Human Resources committee  May I answer that? The other type of migrant worker would be, for instance, the live-in caregivers. Of the people who are coming here and working as domestics, 99% of them are from the Philippines, and many of them are actually nurses in their home country. Their skills are not r

Human Resources committee  Absolutely. Many groups have been suggesting that it be raised to at least $10. I'm not an expert in this area, and I don't know how high it has to go, but $10 sounds good to me. My clients who come in every day work just as many hours as I do, but they're making less than one-th

Human Resources committee  I totally agree. Maybe the area of employment law can bring it home to this committee, which actually focuses on employment issues. The only way that we enforce and make sure that employers protect and respect the rights of the workers is by having a provincial body to do that. T

Human Resources committee  I totally agree, not only because the program funds cases, policies, and laws that are current, but also it's consistent with what this government promised before the election, to make the government accountable. That's what this program is all about, making the government accoun

Human Resources committee  Yes, and I think that's a very, very good idea. I can give an example of a situation where it would be very useful, because a lot of times the workers may not be laid off completely, right away. Their hours may be reduced, because for the employer, I guess it's easier to keep p

Human Resources committee  Thank you. My name is Avvy Go and I am the client director of the Metro Toronto Chinese and Southeast Asian Legal Clinic. I have submitted a written brief. I just want to make sure that--

Human Resources committee  I'm going to give an overview of the brief that we have submitted. Just as a background, our clinic serves clients who, because of their social, political, and economic situations, face multiple problems in their lives. We have served thousands of immigrant workers and workers f