Parents who say they’re tearing their hair out\u00a0trying to apply for a foreign nanny accuse the federal government of stringing them along \u2014 for political reasons. They believe the government has effectively killed the live-in\u00a0caregiver program, without coming out and saying so.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0We’re pawns in a game\u00a0that’s supposed to look like families are getting helped, but they’re not,\u00a0\u00bb said Michael Shandro, the Edmonton father of two preschoolers.<\/p>\n
\u00ab\u00a0Frustration is the biggest thing, because we don’t have a clear handle on the future for our kids,\u00a0\u00bb said his wife, Haley. \u00ab\u00a0We’re just in limbo.\u00a0\u00bb<\/p>\n
The Shandros are among hundreds of parents whose applications to bring in foreign nannies have been rejected\u00a0since Ottawa tightened rules in the temporary foreign worker program.<\/p>\n
According to government statistics, 97 per cent of the applications from 751 parents needing child care were not approved between the start of December till the end of March.<\/p>\n
Nanny agencies confirm that virtually all their clients’ applications for foreign caregivers have been rejected. Families are finding that Canadians are not available for hire, either.<\/p>\n
Minister of Employment and Social Development\u00a0Pierre Poilievre claims to be proud of how fast his department is processing applications. He pointed out that\u00a0parents who are rejected because they applied for a live-in-nanny will be refunded the $1,000 fee.<\/p>\n
When told him parents who have\u00a0met the\u00a0government criteria have also been\u00a0rejected, he didn’t budge.<\/p>\n
Prime Minister Stephen Harper recently answered questions about this by making it clear he doesn’t like this type of employment arrangement.<\/p>\n
Families and agencies affected feel that the government should simply end the live-in-caregiver program\u00a0and all the frustration it’s causing.<\/p>\n
Colin Singer Commentary:<\/strong><\/p>\n This is yet another example of how the Harper government continues to promote misleading information in the face of restrictive immigration policies.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Parents who say they’re tearing their hair out\u00a0trying to apply for a foreign nanny accuse the federal government of stringing them along \u2014 for political reasons. They believe the government has effectively killed the live-in\u00a0caregiver program, without coming out and saying so. \u00ab\u00a0We’re pawns in a game\u00a0that’s supposed to look like families are getting helped,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":481,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4859,4878],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11564","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lactualite-canadienne","category-mai","category-4859","category-4878","description-off"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11564","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/481"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11564"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11564\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11564"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11564"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/immigration.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11564"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}