- Target:
- People of Canada
- Region:
- Canada
- Website:
- www.rafaelfabregas.ca
Lawyer Rafael Fabregas worked tirelessly to get the Juana Tejada Law onto the law books in Canada.
Working together with his client Tejada, they brought reform to the country’s live-in caregiver program by making it fairer for caregivers and their families to gain permanent residence status. Tejada had been denied permanent status because she fell ill; she died of cancer before the law was passed on International Women's Day of 2009.
Through Fabregas, Juana acquired permanent residency status in Canada and the amendment to the immigration law they sought was passed and is now known as "The Juana Tejada Law".
Fabregas' belief in fairness and justice led him to be a lawyer and it is also how he lives his life. He continues to help others and takes "pro bono" cases as he did for Tejada, without financial considerations and only in the name of public service.
We, the people of Canada, with the unequivocal clarion call by all Caregivers, call on everyone, most specially Filipino Canadians, to help and support the Riding of Scarborough Centre to ensure that Rafael Fabregas is sent to the Parliament of Canada in Ottawa to continue his selfless service, not only to Filipino Canadians, not only to Caregivers but to the entire nation.
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The Send the Caregiver's Champion Filipino Canadian to Canada Parliament petition to People of Canada was written by Dee Kayel and is in the category Politics at GoPetition.