Canada: Immigration Department released consents to nannies and foreign caregivers.

The measure will enable the mobility of labor in the event of abuse by employers, and avoid those attendees. Household have to go on living with families that sponsored them so they get the residence permit.

The federal Government has begun to deliver at least 10,000 work permits open for caregivers and nannies of others countries working in Canada. These permissions will allow for the Domestic assistants to continue working in the country without having to stay tied to the family that he sponsored them to be able to come to Canada. Many caregivers and nannies have complained that they are victims of ill-treatment and have reported supporting many days hours of work with very low wages, and poor working conditions. These special permits work will enable careers conclude the employment relationship without losing the privilege to stay in the country, while waiting the granting of a residence permit permanent.

This collective advocacy groups has indicated that the decision of the Ministry of Citizenship and immigration is an initiative without precedents. Manuela Gruber Hersch, President the Association of careers and agencies of Babysitter Canada, told the public broadcaster CBC the announcement is "an authentic gift of" "Christmas for careers". However, Gruber added that "we are not" insurance to 100 per cent of which are the reasons, above all, bearing in mind that not "there has been an official announcement yet" In earlier statements, the Minister of Immigration, Jason Kenney, said he was looking for way to be able to continue to receive Foreign caretakers by ensuring the protection of their rights.

For now, it is unclear whether this is a single measure or a change permanent policy of the Ministry.
Recently, two immigrant women who worked in domestic service in the British Columbia reported that they were treated "like slaves" and their employers had them as if they were inmates in a prison.

But one of the cases of abuses was significant involving the ex-parliamentarian liberal for the constituency of Brampton-Springdale MP Ruby Dhalla, who was accused in 2009 of having abused two Filipino caregivers who resided with his family. Dhalla denied the allegations, but has speculated that this controversy played a important role in the fact that they lost their seat in the last federal election May.

The case uncovered by the Toronto Star, generated considerable controversy. Nannies reported that, after being hired to work at the Dhalla family home in Mississauga, earned $ 250 weekly by days 12 to 16 hours a day, five days a week. Press secretary of Minister Immigration told the Toronto Star that "after the serious allegations of abuse made against Dhalla family caregivers by the Ministry initiated consultations with various internal nannies [resident in households where they work] to see how we could improve the program. This policy [the granting of permits Open job] is the direct result of these investigations. “In a statement, Jason Kenney himself said that "this change will help careers and careers to start a new life in Canada, while waiting to be processed their applications for residence permanent ".

Under the current law (the competition of) internally, or LCP, caregivers for its acronym in (English), careers are obliged to work for two years, or a total of 3,900 hours before able to aspire to a permit of permanent residence in Canada. So far, In addition, they were linked to their employers until that his request was granted. "There are many careers that have that" continue to live in homes of their employers to Despite having completed their obligations labor, while waiting for response to its "application for permanent residence", explained the Minister. "This creates one understandable" frustration, which is why what we have put in March the issuance of permits open for "work," added Kenney, in statements collected by the Toronto Star. Immigration began on July 11 of December to review the files of the child-minders and nannies that have already fulfilled their contracts with their employers and have requested permanent residence. In 2010, citizenship and immigration of Canada admitted to 14,000 caregivers as permanent residents, a turnover record, according to the press release from the Ministry.