A PETITION FOR PRIME MINISTER JUSTIN TRUDEAU AND IMMIGRATION MINISTER SEAN FRASER TO LIFT THE 2022 CAP FOR HOME CHILD CARE PILOT (HCCP) AND REOPEN TEMPORARY RESIDENT TO PERMANENT RESIDENT (TR TO PR) PATHWAY FOR CAREGIVERS

We the Caregivers in Canada together with the support of various Community Organizations signs this petition to call Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and  Immigration Refugees and Citizenship Canada  Minister Sean Fraser to hear our plea to lift the quota for the Home Child Care Pilot (HCCP) and reopen the TEMPORARY RESIDENT TO PERMANENT RESIDENT (TR to PR) Pathway for Caregivers.

The closure of the HCCP just 17 days after it was opened in January 2022 clearly indicates that there is a problem. It is obvious that there is a high volume of backlog in this program let alone the very high demand for childcare in Canada. This abnormality is too serious to be undermined as it has affected us who are already in Canada presently working and contributed to our society amidst pandemic times. WE BELIEVE THAT REOPENING THE TR TO PR FOR CAREGIVERS IS THE ULTIMATE SOLUTION.  

In July 17, 2021, thousands of caregivers  under HCCP were deprived of the chance to apply for Permanent Resident Status. Spending huge money and exhausting efforts to gather the documentary requirements of the Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident (TR to PR) pathway . We have sent an appeal to IRCC to reopen or extend the said program which we consider as a pathway that is fair and realistically achievable. Unfortunately, our cries fell on deaf ears.  Your new leadership brings so much expectation to us who are hoping that 2022 Immigration Target will be more compassionate to us Caregivers.  It is lamentable to see that that IRCC continue to be confined with the same paradigm, our chance as caregivers who are already here in Canada are inching closer to hopelessness. Re-opening the TR to PR is the only viable option.

We sent numerous petitions to IRCC, which among others include one sent and received by your office last July 2021 requesting  reopening of  the Temporary Resident to Permanent Resident (TR to PR) pathway and another one sent to Minister  Sean Fraser which was received by your office January 2022 . We are relentless in our quest for justice and fairness to stay in Canada and to be reunited with our families.  Meanwhile, as we continue to navigate in limbo, we can only appeal to your kind compassionate heart.

We are once again raising our sentiments to emphasize to you why the policies you inherited from your predecessor has caused injustice to the caregivers. 

We likewise feel that the TR to PR Pathway is the  only program that will equalize the chance for caregivers who more than anyone else should be given compassion for their contribution to Canadian society.  While our government is focused in meeting its annual immigration target, we pray that it will not lose sight of the thousands who are already in Canada and wished to stay in Canada.

Through this petition we call upon your sense of fairness and compassion.  The opportunity to make history is in your hands by rationalizing existing programs for caregivers, remove the unreasonable language educational credential requirements and reopen TR to PR pathway.

We pray that you listen to us and act on our petition, a solution that promotes the best interest of Canada and fairness to us Caregivers.

We affix our signature in support of this petition.

Allan Ralph Basa and Canadian Caregivers Assistance Organization (CCAO)