Seventeenth Global Studies Conference

Abstract

The paper exposes the way in which care work is conceptualized both legally and politically within the Live in Caregiver Program in Canada. Assessing and addressing the legal and ethical responsibilities of stakeholder, such as families, and nanny agencies is a focal point of the work. Care work as a local and global feedback cycle reinforcing one another is explored alongside the points of entry, stakeholders, and ethical obligations. Within the context of care work being at the forefront of Canada’s immigration strategy amidst a pandemic, this is an important topic to highlight and inform future conversations and strategies. The second section will look at moral and political implications including difference in equality, targeting populations and program pathology in how programs are established to attract a marginalized population. Next, assessing the role of globalization as a facilitator of servitude and inequity, addressing accountability to nation states. Lastly, a specialized commission of care will be offered as a pragmatic step the Government of Canada can take to addressing issue of care specifically, employers, agencies and other entities and establishing standard for those who employ care workers both formally and informally.