Assessing the Changes to LCP: Improving Security or Deepening Precariousness?

Assessing the Changes to LCP: Improving Security or Deepening Precariousness?

Tuesday, 9 December 2014
3.30pm – 5.00pm, Room 519,
Fifth Floor, Kaneff Tower, York University

For several decades, Canada has had a temporary worker program for migrant caregivers that offered the possibility of permanent residence at the end of a ‘live-in’ period in the home their employer. In October 2014, the federal government announced significant changes to the Live-in Caregiver Program, creating new categories and conditions for the granting of permanent residence and removing the requirement to ‘live-in’. Some have welcomed at least some of the changes, but many caregiver advocates see the revised program as highly problematic. This panel, featuring prominent lawyers and advocates working with live-in caregivers in Toronto, will assess the changes to the program and their consequences.

Panelists:

Petronila Cleto, Gabriela Ontario

Fay Faraday, Lawyer, Packer Chair in Social Justice,
York University, and Visiting Professor
at Osgoode Hall Law School

Avvy Go, Director, Metro Toronto Chinese
& Southeast Asian Legal Clinic

Deanna Santos, Founder, Santos Law Office, Markham

Pura Velasco, Former Domestic Worker / Caregiver

Chair:

Philip Kelly, York Centre for Asian Research

All are welcome. For transit directions, or to request a parking pass, please contact: ycar@yorku.ca