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From Labour of Love to Decent Work: Protecting the Human Rights of Migrant Caregivers in Canada
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Author/contributor
- Khan, Sabaa A. (Author)
Title
From Labour of Love to Decent Work: Protecting the Human Rights of Migrant Caregivers in Canada
Abstract
This article examines Canada’s federal Live-in Caregiver Program (LCP) from the perspective of international human-rights and labour norms pertaining to the protection of migrant workers. Showing that the current legal framework of the LCP restricts migrant caregivers from effectively exercising a range of human and labour rights, the author argues for the removal of the labour (im)migration program’s unnecessary structural obstacles and proposes a reformulation of the LCP under the principles and guidelines of the International Labour Organization’s Multilateral Framework on Labour Migration, in order to transform this controversial labour policy into a decent work opportunity.
Publication
Canadian Journal of Law and Society
Volume
24
Issue
1
Pages
23-45
Date
2009
Language
en
ISSN
1911-0227
Short Title
From Labour of Love to Decent Work
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Project MUSE
Citation
Khan, S. A. (2009). From Labour of Love to Decent Work: Protecting the Human Rights of Migrant Caregivers in Canada. Canadian Journal of Law and Society, 24(1), 23–45. https://respect.international/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/From-Labour-of-Love-to-Decent-Work-Protecting-the-Human-Rights-of-Migrant-Caregivers-in-Canada.pdf
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