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TORONTO - Changes to CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Live-in CaregiveröÏÓãÊÓƵapp Program (LCP) promised to improve the immigration path have actually made things worse, says Kristina Torres.

OTTAWA - CanadaöÏÓãÊÓƵapp Zero Tolerance for Barbaric Cultural Practices Act has found support among Catholic pro-family groups. 

Four months after its health care policy for refugee claimants was ruled unconstitutional, Ottawa has grudgingly relented to a judgeöÏÓãÊÓƵapp order and returned many — but not all — benefits to the needy people it had previously abandoned. We say grudgingly because the immigration minister remains determined to continue a court battle in defence of a policy that a federal court has already — and quite rightly — denounced as “cruel and unusual.â€� 

TORONTO - Months of closed-door conversations, community consultations and a lack of follow-up communication leaves Faye Arellano skeptical about the federal governmentöÏÓãÊÓƵapp intentions to clear up the Live-in Caregivers ProgramöÏÓãÊÓƵapp backlog.

TORONTO - A Toronto organization is petitioning Ottawa to establish a federal caregiver program that includes instant permanent residency for foreign caregivers.