SOSC 1350 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Precarity, Language Proficiency
5 Dec 2017
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The nanny business (2012: liberal feminist critique, missing race analysis, missing sexual harassment and sexual assault, pretty up to date on lcp rules. End of 2014: lcp cancelled: backlog, changes: no longer have to live in and cannot be charged room and board. Replaced with temporary foreign workers program (tfwp), which has two steams that applies to (cid:498)in-home care work(cid:499): caring for children class, caring for people with high medical needs class. 4 criteria of eligibility to qualify for permanent residence: complete 2yrs fulltime work (in 4 yrs, language proficiency, 1yr canadian post-secondary credential, 2nd medical exam. Effects of changes: decrease in permits issued, increased vulnerability, workers less likely to leave abusive work situations, hard to find living space, bureaucratic red tape.
