PH Consulate General in Calgary Dialogues with CAPIC on Employment of Filipinos to Canada 

(Clockwise) Philippine Consul to Calgary General Zaldy Patron, Labor Attaché Atty. Margarita Victorino, Mr. Dory Jade, Ms. Lisa De Leon, and Ms. Jean Toews during their virtual dialogue on 26 October 2020. Not in the picture is Ms. Jean Toews. (Calgary PE photo)

CALGARY 27 October 2020 – Philippine Consul General to Calgary Zaldy Patron and Labor Attaché Atty. Margarita Victorino of the Philippine Overseas Labor Office (POLO) in Vancouver held a dialogue with the officers of Canadian Association of Professional Immigration Consultants (CAPIC) Prairie Chapter on 26 October 2020 to discuss the employment of Filipinos to Canada. 

Atty. Victorino explained to CAPIC the Philippines’ employment agency licensing requirements, the roles of the Philippine recruitment agency (PRA) and foreign recruitment agency (FRA) in the recruitment of Filipino temporary foreign workers (TFW) in Canada, and the support given by the Philippine Government for Filipino TFW. She also briefed CAPIC about the status of the International Recruitment Integrity System (IRIS), a program created by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) which is being piloted between the Philippines and Canada (Alberta and Saskatchewan).

Consul General Patron, on the other hand, discussed the assistance that the Consulate General has been extending to Filipinos who have lost their TFW status in Canada.

CAPIC was represented at the dialogue by Chief Executive Officer Dory Jade, Prairie Chapter Chair Lisa De Leon, Mr. Marjorie Newman (Prairie Chapter), and Ms. Jean Toews (Prairie Chapter). END

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