http://www.cbc.ca/canada/toronto/story/2008/07/18/juana-tejada.html
Juana Tejada, a nanny from the Philippines, has been living in Canada since 2003, under the live-in caregiver program. In 2007, she was diagnosed with colon cancer and she wanted the right to stay in Canada to receive proper care. Initially, the immigration department refused to grant her the right to stay in the country, but recently, the Department of Citizenship and Immigration has reversed the decision and Juana Tejada has been granted permanent residency and is therefore allowed to stay in Canada to receive health-care.
I think there are two issues regarding this situation. Not only has Juana been given the opportunity to receive medical attention from Canada, but she has also been granted permanent residency! Is this fair? I am not familiar with the immigration process but from what I understand, it definitely takes a lot of time (years) to become a permanent resident of Canada and in this situation, we have an individual who is very sick and bam…she gets permanent residency. I strongly disagree with the decision to allow her to become a permanent resident of Canada. I believe that once she is done her treatment, she should either go back to her home country, or apply to be a permanent resident just like everyone else. Why should she be treated differently?
I strongly believe that Juana is entitled to receive health-care from Ontario. She has devoted time to the Canadian economy, working for us, and contributing her time and efforts to us, and why would we turn around and send her back to her homeland to receive care? How cold-hearted is that!? People may say that she is being a burden on the health-care system, using our tax dollars for her benefit, but she did pay taxes for four years. She didn’t come here because she was sick…she came here to work and got sick while she was trying to benefit the Canadian economy.
The government will surely have to amend legislation regarding the issue of people from overseas coming to Canada to work. I am sure that we will be seeing a lot of cases where people will come to Canada (already knowing that they’re sick), work for a year and try to get health-care benefits, using Juana Tejada’s case as a precedent. The government will definitely need to think long and hard about what they are going to do about future cases of people coming from away and working. Are they still going to have to pay tax dollars? If so, then they should be granted health-care, since they contributed to it. Will they be granted permanent residency? As I said before, I don’t think that they should, but the government may have a different opinion on this.
What do you guys think about this issue?
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I don't know how long it takes for one to become a permanent resident either, but I do see where you're coming from. Perhaps granting citizenship should not be done so hastily.
I definitely believe Juana deserves the health care she needs. Like you, I feel like there will be many who will take advantage of this leniency. It’s one thing letting them get health care but it’s another to offer them permanent residency. I think I agree with your views!
Canada is too politically correct and too lenient when it comes to granting health care to the filipina live ins. Canadian citizens wait too long for much needed treatments, while Canada grants health care to millions of filipinnas and their sick family members. In fact, the entire live in caregiver program is ridiculous and heavily weighted in advantage to filipinas who are "Nannies" for the sole purpose of getting citizenship. Childcare should not be provided in exchange for citizenship, that only attracts people who have zero interest in really looking after children. Look around on the streets of TOronto, how many filippina nannies do you see whose eyes are plastered to their cell phones rather than interacting with the children they are supposed to take care of. Filippinas are a drain to Canada, are only interested in taking as much from our society while giving back as little as possible. And by the time Canadians wake up it will be much too late. The Toronto Star is always publishing the 'victim' stories about filippina nannies. That is a joke, these nannies have it better than most canadian citizens, are taken to restaurants, and vacations, free health care, free room and board, and citizenship for them and their families. Canada would be much better off investing their money in more affordable day care and child care from canadian citizens who are genuinely interested in taking care of children.
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