Filipiniana News – October 2015 RHYME & REASON Caregiver Reforms in the Time of Elections Early this month, an email invitation was circulated to members of the Filipino-Canadian community to attend a supposed "major policy announcement" by the former Minister of Citizenship and Immigration Canada (CIC) Jason Kenney at the Mt. Zion Church in Toronto. Based on the press release circulated shortly afterwards, the announcement simply reiterated the promises and pronouncements made by CIC Minister Chris Alexander in late October 2014 upon launching the supposed "Improvements to the Caregiver Program." Excerpts from the related press release are reproduced in italics below while my non-italicized comments follow. The Harper Conservative government remains on track to admit 60,000 caregivers in 2015 and 2016, the highest admissions for caregivers in Canadian history. When the supposed improvements to the Caregiver Program was laun...