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Belated help for nannies
Belated help for nannies TheStar.com – Opinion/Editorial – Belated help for nannies
April 03, 2009
Live-in caregivers, or nannies, are among the most vulnerable workers in society. They are preyed upon by recruiting agencies that charge extortionate placement fees, exploit loopholes in federal laws and the virtual absence of provincial regulation, and play bait-and-switch games by holding out the prospect of secure jobs that mysteriously vaporize when the poorly paid foreign workers arrive in Canada.
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Gender bias evident in parental alienation cases
TheGlobeandMail.com – Opinions – Gender bias evident in parental alienation cases: Mothers are more likely to be the parent behind children’s estrangement, yet fathers more often ordered into counselling, study finds
March 28, 2009. KIRK MAKIN, JUSTICE REPORTER
A study of alienated children has found that mothers were significantly more likely to be the parent who emotionally poisoned their children than were fathers.
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Canada highest user of restraints on elderly
NationalPost.com – FP News – Canada highest user of restraints on elderly
March 19, 2009. Tom Blackwell, National Post
Canadian nursing homes are world leaders in confining their elderly residents with physical restraints, despite years of evidence that indicate such measures bring a host of negative side effects, a new study suggests.
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The Changing Face of Care-giving in Canada
Connect2Canada.com – Canada Watch – The Changing Face of Care-giving in Canada
March 20, 2009. Canadian Policy Research Networks
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Nation of lost souls [stripped of their aboriginal identity by being placed in non-native foster/adoptive homes]
TheStar.com – Canada – Nation of lost souls
March 16, 2009. Linda Diebel, NATIONAL AFFAIRS WRITER
TIMMINS – The last time Marcia Martel saw her mother at home, it was late summer and she was a chubby little Indian kid of 4. She doesn’t remember much because she was crying and clutching the tall grass as strange people pulled her away. She was scared of the police and didn’t understand why she was being taken from Beaverhouse First Nation on Lake Misema in northeastern Ontario.
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