CANADA – The Toronto Star reported that a new Canadian law inspired by a Filipino caregiver who died of cancer last year has a gigantic loophole that leaves caregivers who fall sick open to deportation.
The Juana Tejada Law that went into effect in April was supposed to provide relief to live-in caregivers.
Under the regulation, caregivers who have worked in Canada for a sufficient amount of time no longer need to undergo a second medical examination as a condition for permanent residency.
The law came about after community activists crusaded on behalf of Tejada who was denied permanent residency when she was stricken with cancer during her tenure as a caregiver in Canada.
However, the new law still allows immigration authorities to “retain the discretion to request a medical examination,” which virtually reverses the intent of the new law.
“Nothing has changed,” Tejada’s lawyer Rafael Fabregas told the Toronto Star. “It is still possible for somebody to be required to take the second medical exam, fail and be refused.” Balitang America
September 18 –
International Equal Pay Day
“Increase wages now,
more than other cost items.
For widespread, practical equality!”
Invoke Article 33 of the ILO Constitution
against the military junta in Myanmar
to carry out the recommendations of the 2021 ILO Commission of Inquiry
against serious violations of protocols of
Forced Labour and Freedom of Association.
Accept the National Unity Government (NUG)
of Myanmar. Reject Military!
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September –
5 Sept – Intl Day of Charity
7 Sept – Intl Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8 Sept – International Literacy Day
12 Sept – United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
15 Sept – International Day of Democracy
16 Sept – International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17 Sept – World Patient Safety Day
18 Sept – International Equal Pay Day
21 Sept – International Day of Peace
26 Sept – International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27 Sept – World Tourism Day
28 Sept – International Day for Universal Access to Information
29 Sept – International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30 Sept – World Maritime Day
Monthly Observances:
Health, Safety and Sanitation Month
National Clean-up Month
Civil Service Month
National Peace Consciousness Month
Social Security Month
Rule of Law Month
National Teachers’ Month (Sept 5-Oct 4)
Weekly Observances:
Sept 17 – 23:
World Clean and Green Week
Week 2: Education Week
Week 4: Medicine Week
Last Week: National Family Week
Daily Observances:
Third Saturday:
International Coastal Clean-up Day
Third Monday: World Health Day
Last Friday: National Maritime Day
Sept 8: National Literacy Day
Sept 15: Philippine Medicine Day
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