Filipiniana News – July 2019 by Maria Deanna P. Santos After a long wait, IRCC finally launched on 18 June 2019, the new caregiver programs which replaced the Caring for Children and Caring for People with High Medical Needs pathways. The new programs, called the Home Child Care Provider (HCP) and the Home Support Worker (HSW) pilots, were created under Ministerial Instructions and will be in effect for the next five years. Moreover, the Interim Pathway for Caregivers had also been extended for another three months, from 8 July 2019 to 8 October 2019. Lastly, the IRCC also launched a temporary public policy that will grant a pathway to permanent residency for 500 of out-of-status construction workers (and their qualified dependents) in the Greater Toronto Area. The applicants will be assessed by the Canadian Labour Congress which will then refer those qualified under this program to IRCC. Further implementing details have not been released as of this wri