The explosion in popularity of Canada’s live-in caregiver program has had a profound impact on Canada’s demographics: the Philippines is now our number-one immigration source country. And yet the growth of the Filipino community, which numbers 450,000, has not generated the same kindof academic or media scrutiny as that of the Chinese or South Asian. This is in part because Filipinos are less visible and do not cluster in…
Marina Jimenez
Marina Jimenez is an editorial writer at The Globe and Mail and has written extensively about immigration issues, including the live-in caregiver program. She is also the grateful employer of a part-time Filipina nanny.