Anna Malla, an organizer with the Caregivers’ Action Centre, said caregivers should be granted permanent residency upon arrival, like other classes of economic immigrants. “If (the Liberals) were really committed to family reunification, they would be looking at some of these bigger issues,” Malla said, adding that granting caregivers permanent residency upon arrival is the only way to ensure they can assert their rights. After two years they are eligible to apply for permanent residency, at which point their families can join them. “I’m very frustrated.” While Sunday’s announcement focused on the immediate increase in permanent residency granted to caregivers, the Liberals are planning to dramatically reduce those numbers in the next three years. “When they say ‘we’re getting rid of the backlog,’ they’re kind of closing up the pathway (to permanent residency),” Malla said.

Source: thestar December 04, 2017 01:52 UTC