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Originally Posted by Canehdianman

Do you have a source (or even an explanation) for that?

I was really confused by oilyfan's post - but I found this article that goes into it a bit more. As someone above said, it becomes an issue if you're trying to sponsor someone into the country and you state you want to deduct room and board.

Approved applications “will only include a live-in arrangement if the employer and caregiver have agreed to that arrangement,” announced Citizenship and Immigration Canada in an October news release. But since applications to hire foreign caregivers under the new rules started pouring in, the government has been denying almost all of them.

Statistics obtained by the Association of Caregiver and Nanny Agencies Canada under an access to information request show the federal government has been approving as few as three and as many as 63 foreign caregiver applications each month since December, compared to 700 to 1,000 per month under the old rules. And documents seen by the Financial Post demonstrate the rules are being inconsistently applied. The government has approved some applications that say room and board is available on a cost-free and optional basis and denied others that say the same thing, on the grounds that the family did not appear to be sincere about the room and board being truly optional.

http://business.financialpost.com/ne...egiver-program

I'd be curious to know if this still is is place under the Trudeau government. As someone paying almost $2500 a month in daycare costs for two - the thought and convenience of a nanny has crossed my mind....