Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry. I'm having technical issues that we are trying to sort out.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I'm sorry. What was the question?

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes. I'm sorry. I was talking about the fact that there have been a number of caregivers impacted by the COVID-19 restrictions. A number of them are without status, whether they're waiting for their work permit under the interim program or under the home pilot program. I do not

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We would like the government to adopt some of the old caregiver program requirements. The language program is an issue. The work permit that is not issued.... The bridging open work permit is not a bridging open work permit when applicants have to wait a year for their work permi

Citizenship and Immigration committee  We would recommend that the government look at applicants who enter the program. Particularly for COVID at this point, it would be helpful if the age of children is locked in from March for applicants. Ideally, it would be great if, as with the refugee protection program, once so

Citizenship and Immigration committee  It would be helpful if the government would be flexible and count that time, as well. It's very hard for caregivers to find employment. The processing time for work permits and LMIAs, which some caregivers still need, is really long and difficult. At this point, the processing t

Citizenship and Immigration committee  As I stated earlier and I wish to reiterate, it would be very helpful if all these workers who are waiting for permanent resident applications that are in process, like interim caregivers, or caregivers under the new pilot who have been told the processing time for a work permit

Citizenship and Immigration committee  My apologies. I will try to speak slowly and as clearly as I can. As I said before, we would like IRCC to adopt a more flexible approach when it comes to biometrics and concurrent processing of other aspects of the application with regard to temporary foreign workers, particular

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Good afternoon, Madam Chair. Thank you for having us as witnesses. I am a lawyer at Don Valley Community Legal Clinic. We are one of the bigger clinics. We merged two former clinics, Flemingdon Community Legal Services and East Toronto Legal Services. We are funded by legal aid.