Bill C-690: An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (live-in caregiver)

C-690 Second Session, Forty-first Parliament, 62-63-64 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014-2015 HOUSE OF COMMONS OF CANADA BILL C-690 An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (live-in caregiver) first reading, June 11, 2015 Mr. McCallum 412260 SUMMARY This enactment amends the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act to provide for the making of regulations requiring that the employer of a foreign national who is a member of the live-in caregiver class be an entity holding a permit authorizing it to enter into an employment contract with such a foreign national. Available on the Parliament of Canada Web Site at the following address:http://www.parl.gc.ca 2nd Session, 41st Parliament, 62-63-64 Elizabeth II, 2013-2014-2015 house of commons of canada BILL C-690 An Act to amend the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act (live-in caregiver) Whereas there is a clear and demonstrable need to welcome live-in caregivers from abroad to Canada; Whereas foreign live-in caregivers continue to face abusive and unfair treatment due to their employment relationship with individual fam-ilies; Whereas honest, hardworking Canadian fam-ilies must bear prohibitive administrative and cost burdens in order to employ a foreign live-in caregiver; And whereas centralizing the hiring of foreign live-in caregivers in a smaller number of specialized agencies would make workplace protections and oversight stronger, alleviate burdensome administration on families and ensure that live-in caregivers in abusive situations are able to seek help and find alternative employment; Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate and House of Commons of Canada, enacts as follows: SHORT TITLE Short title 1. This Act may be cited as the Live-in Caregiver Access, Respect and Employment Act. 2001, c. 27 IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEE PROTECTION ACT 2. Section 32 of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act is amended by adding the following after paragraph (d.1): (d.11) for the purposes of paragraph (d.1), the restriction of the right to enter into an employment contract with a foreign national who is a member of the live-in caregiver class to entities authorized to do so by permit, and the issuance, renewal and revocation of such permits; REPORTS TO PARLIAMENT Absence of regulations 3. (1) If no regulations are made under paragraph 32(d.11) of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act within 12 months after the day on which this section comes into force, the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration must cause a report to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first 10 days on which that House is sitting after the expiry of that 12-month period. Following reports (2) If no such regulations are made within 12 months after the tabling of the report referred to in subsection (1), the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration must cause a report to be laid before each House of Parliament on any of the first 10 days on which that House is sitting after the expiry of that 12-month period and at least once every subsequent 12-month period as long as no regulations have been made. Content of reports (3) The reports must include an explanation stating the reasons the regulations have not been made and establishing a schedule for the making of such regulations. Published under authority of the Speaker of the House of Commons