The Vancouver Sun reports on announced changes to policies and regulations for live-in domestic workers on work visas. The changes fall short of providing permanent resident status for Canada’s migrant and immigrant domestic workers:

The federal government announced Saturday proposed regulations it says will better protect the rights of live-in caregivers and make it easier for them and their families to obtain permanent residency in Canada.

But some members of the Filipino community — who make up the majority of live-in caregivers — say the changes won’t go far enough to fix the discrimination and abuse caregivers face at work.

The proposed changes fall under the Live-in Caregiver Program, a federal body designed to regulate immigrants who provide care in private homes for children, the elderly, and people with disabilities. read more