PETITION TO END CAREGIVER
PERMANENT RESIDENCE BACKLOG IMMEDIATELY
Whereas:
- The government recently announced their plans
to address the issue of the Caregiver Permanent Residence (PR) Backlog
with a promise to process most of the pending applications by the end of
2018;
- Caregivers who have been waiting years to
reunify with their family members, face significant hardship, emotional
stress, and the potential for family breakdown;
- Approximately 23,000 Caregiver applications
are currently pending approval, with many waiting for five years or
longer;
- The Federal government plans to limit PR
applications from the Live-in-Caregiver or Caregiver Programs to 18,000 in
2017 and 17,000 in 2018;
- These numbers do not add up with the promise
to end the backlog in 2018;
- We want to know how exactly the government
will address the Caregiver Backlog given this limitation;
- We call for the immediate end to the Caregiver
Backlog now.
We, the undersigned, Migrant
Caregivers, Caregiver Advocates, Citizens, and Residents of Canada, call
upon the Government of Canada to:
- Process all pending Live-in-Caregiver
applications for permanent residence IMMEDIATELY;
- Prioritize PR applications that were submitted
before 2012;
- Address the underlying issues of forced family
separation for people caregivers and other temporary foreign workers by
extending Permanent Residence on arrival and allowing ALL temporary
foreign workers to bring their families with them to Canada; and
- Ensure that all migrant workers have access to
settlement, health, and social services.
This will be the 9th christmas without my family ..Canada is a big country with a big heart please bring us together again .