Migrant Nurses and Care Workers RIghts in Canada

Migrant Nurses and Care Workers RIghts in Canada

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Publisher: BUKOLA

Authors: Bukola Salami

Publish Year: 2016

Pages: 22

ISBN10: 12345

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Between 2000 and 2014, there was increasing mobility of migrant workers to Canada,
especially through temporary migration streams. However, the large expansion of the
Canadian Temporary Foreign Worker Program from 2000 to 2014 has been curtailed
over the last one to two years with more restrictive policies. In this paper, we will
discuss care worker rights within the changing policy landscape in Canada, with a focus
on individuals who migrate as domestic caregivers and as nurses. The paper illustrates
the systemic barriers to the enforcement of rights and access to the profession for nurses
who migrate to Canada as migrant caregivers. It finds that the Canadian government has
restricted access to citizenship rights for some groups of care workers, increased the role
of employers in the selection of immigrants to Canada, and created a pathway for
skilled healthcare professionals to migrate to Canada through the Canada Caregiver
Program. This has made their legal status in Canada more precarious as healthcare
professionals who migrate through the Canada Caregiver Program must now first reside
in Canada for two years and meet specific eligibility requirements before becoming a
permanent resident in the country.