Immigration advocates say it's an insult that asylum seekers cannot apply for Quebec's training program for patient attendants in the province's long-term care homes. While Quebec has controls over parts of the immigration system such as economic migration, asylum applications are processed federally. Upon completing the training program, patient attendants would earn a full-time salary of $49,000 per year. But in private care homes, patient attendants make little more than minimum wage. Applicants to the training program must be Canadian citizens and residents of Quebec.

Source: CBC News June 06, 2020 21:32 UTC