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Allegations of abuse under Canada’s “migrant” home support and childcare program not new

by the Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) How can we really end the cycle of exploitation of “migrant care workers Canada’s Temporary Foreign Worker’s Program (TFWP) has long existed as a vehicle to recruit and cheapen transnational workers’ labour. The particular category of caregiver/domestic work schemes currently under the TFPW, from the early West… Read More Allegations of abuse under Canada’s “migrant” home support and childcare program not new

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Proposed changes to Childcare Care Act continue to counter Canadians’ calls for universal childcare

On December 6, 2018, the Conservative government of Ontario proposed new legislation called “Restoring Ontario’s Competitiveness Act, 2018”. This legislation would be part of the Ontario Open for Business Action Plan which the Ontario Conservative government claims would give businesses more flexibility to create jobs in Ontario. One of the 30 actions under this Act… Read More Proposed changes to Childcare Care Act continue to counter Canadians’ calls for universal childcare

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Call to scrap Canada’s Caregiver Program more necessary than ever as regressive rebranding leave thousands without permanent resident status

Congress of Progressive Filipino Canadians (CPFC) February 19, 2018 Toronto, ON – Recent statistics brought to light in a February 3, 2018 Toronto Star article regarding the impacts of the Caregiver Program reforms made in 2014 have angered  thousands as a mere 555 of 2,730 permanent residency (PR) applicants have received permanent status in the… Read More Call to scrap Canada’s Caregiver Program more necessary than ever as regressive rebranding leave thousands without permanent resident status

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Canada’s live-in caregiver program continues to be a nightmare for Filipinos

National Statement August 8, 2014 Toronto, Ontario – A recent Toronto Star article written on July 22nd titled ‘Filipino Canadians fear end of immigrant dreams for nannies’ outlined the Conservative government’s possible changes to the Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) given Jason Kenney’s racist and anti-immigrant remarks that the program is being used and ‘abused’ as… Read More Canada’s live-in caregiver program continues to be a nightmare for Filipinos

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National childcare for all now!

National statement October 9, 2013 Toronto, ON—With the issue of childcare having long reached a critical point, the National Alliance of Philippine Women in Canada (NAPWC) urgently reiterates their call for a national childcare program that will genuinely meets the needs of working-class women and their families and the scrapping of the racist and anti-woman… Read More National childcare for all now!

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