Response to “No More Nannies” Article
After reading the article in the Financial Post this weekend, I felt compelled to respond. The article states that the government is denying almost all applications for caregivers. The truth is that the government is denying all applications that are not prepared accurately.
The article led readers to believe that caregivers from overseas are no longer an option for employers but this is simply not true.
First let’s examine why the government made changes to the Caregiver program.
1. There was tremendous abuse of the program by both employers and caregivers.
Many job offers were not legitimate. Hundreds, maybe thousands of caregivers came to...