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Breaking
Point
By Rosette Correa
The Trudeau Liberal govern-
ment never stops blindsiding Canadi-
ans. First, it was its callous support of
legislation for many divisive and pos-
sibly damaging laws that involves the
legalization of marijuana. Then, came
the Canadian Summer Jobs, which
requires applicants for federal fund-
ing of programs that give employ-
ment to young people to comply with
pro-choice attestations. Now, it’s the
Caregiver Program.
According to the new rules,
foreign caregivers will not be eligible
for permanent residence if they have
not accrued two years of employ-
ment by November 2019, according
to a notice posted by the Immigration
Department. The federal government
is currently reviewing Canada’s two
programs for foreign caregivers; one
for those caring for children and the
other for those caring for adults with
high medical needs. Both programs
were launched as five-year pilots, in-
cluding a date that they expire. With
a launch date of November 29, 2014,
this means they will expire on Novem-
ber 29, 2019, according to Immigra-
tion Canada spokesperson Faith St.
John. This means that nannies who
come to Canada will have to com-
plete 24 months of employment be-
fore that deadline in order to qualify
for permanent residency. Those who
Bulong
Pulungan
By Deedee Siytangco
Reprinted from Manila Bulletin
Angel Thoughts
Never lose an opportunity of
seeing something beautiful, for beau-
ty is God’s handwriting. —Ralph Wal-
do Emerson
************
Inner peace, a positive out-
look, and lives a healthy love-filled life.
These to Dr. Mary Jane Torres, or Dr.
MJ of The Zen Institute, are the es-
sentials of a truly beautiful individual.
Listening to Dr. MJ talk about
wellness and beauty over a lunch with
kindred souls at Sofitel’s Spiral was
plain to us that she embodies her
philosophy, stressing further, “There
are no quick fixes when it comes to
beauty. Achieving beauty is an art, a
journey to self- improvement through
evidence-based therapy.” An aesthetic
surgeon, Dr. MJ, she graduated from
University of Santo Tomas and had
her internship at the St. Luke’s Hospi-
tal and underwent training under the
The Hand that Rocks the Cradle
come in after will not be eligible
to apply and become Canadian
citizens.
Historically,
caregiving
work in Canada began in the 1600-
1800s in New France when it en-
slaved Indigenous and African women
to work as servants in homes. By the
1900s, women from England, Ireland
and Finland were hired as nannies
and governesses, and were immedi-
ately given permanent residence sta-
tus upon arrival in Canada. A decade
later, women from Guadalupe in the
Caribbean were recruited to work
temporarily in Canada, and deported
when no longer needed. The same
treatment was given to women from
the British colonies until the 1980s
when the Foreign Domestic Move-
ment was instituted, and caregivers
were able to apply for permanent resi-
dence after two years. In 2016, the 4-
and-4 rule was repealed, but contin-
ued to demand for permanent land-
ing status for migrant workers, much
like it was for European women more
than a hundred years ago. The new
rule, however, will put an end to their
hopes.
It is quite ironic that Prime
Minister Justin Trudeau can actually
stomach this new rule. Firs t of all,
he himself had a number of Filipina
nannies growing up, and now his own
children have Filipina nannies. To not
be able to sympathize with the plight
of the very women who nurture and
care for his family is arrogant
and cold. While he sheds tears
for a dying Canadian pop star
whom he calls a “true Cana-
dian hero”, he ignores the
real “heroes” in his life - the
caregivers who labour day and
night to care for many Canadi-
ans, young and old who sacri-
fice not seeing their own fami-
lies for years just to ensure
that they can be given a better
life in Canada someday. While
he takes useless selfies and
makes popular pronounce-
ments just to get tweeted for
his candour, he never men-
tions the importance of the
foreign workers who labour in
homes, farms and other jobs
Canadians do not want to
take. Trudeau ignores their collective
effort to keep Canadian homes and
industries running, while thousands of
Canadians born here refuse to sweat
for a day’s wage, and prefer to wait in
line for welfare.
The Trudeau Liberal govern-
ment’s cowardice to face issues by
imposing laws, arrogantly ignoring
protestations and calls against them
from every sector, then disappearing
through the crowds, is really sicken-
ing. While the Prime Minister and his
cohorts sip tea and have wonderful
cucumber sandwiches, they com-
pletely disregard the fact that the cu-
cumbers were grown and picked by
foreign workers who are sent home
after their contract is over; that their
children and homes are kept well-
cleaned and orderly by the foreign
caregiver, and that the country’s in-
dustries and labour forces are run
by immigrants who struggled hard
to come to Canada, and yet cannot
work in their properly trained fields of
expertise unless they get through the
tight ropes set by bureaucrats who
worry about what they will tweet next.
While Trudeau speaks of Canada as
an embracing multicultural fabric,
welcoming to everyone of every race,
ethnicity and culture, his words do not
seem to match his actions.
How to Age Beautifully and Stay Healthy
country’s leading dermatolo-
gists and surgeon before ventur-
ing out on her own. She trains
Asian doctors in neighboring
countries of Thailand and Indonesia,
and completed her Botox training in
Istambul, Turkey, and Lipotherapy in
Athens, Greece.
She became a member of
the American Academy of Anti-Ag-
ing medicine and here she learned
the practice of integrative medicine
with aesthetic treatment. Now she is
well-known for mastering the fine art
of non-invasive aesthetic treatments
such as face-contouring, body-sculpt-
ing, bio-identical hormone therapy,
and regenerative cell therapy.
To hear her explain the treat-
ments and results of the treatments
made us all want to sign up for the
“MJ Ultimate Wellness Journey to
Healthy Aging and Longevity.” This
program is a tribute to their 12 years
in practice.
A visit to her wellness clinics
brings one to a Zen-like spa of tran-
quility where there are four accepted
pillars-the aesthetic treatment, the
integrative non-invasive, yet practical
based approach for various medical
treatments, the lifestyle element of the
mind and body workout with nutrition
and fitness counseling for the clients
and pampering or the spa protocols.
She also uses stem cell pro-
tocols, explaining that the treatment
is the “absolute best evidence based
preventive measure against cancer, so
far.” She has undergone all her treat-
ments and is walking evidence how
well fit they are for achieving healthy
wellness. The Zen medical spas are
located in Quezon City, the Bonifacio
Global City, Batangas City, in Binon-
do, Manila, in Sofitel Hotel.
There are different treatments
for different body needs and even for
ages 10 and below, preventive treat-
ments for ages 20 to 39, and anti-
aging for 40 and up. There is also a
program for mother care, before and
during pregnancy and for athletes to
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Dr. MJ Torres of The Zen Institute
maintain their stamina and energy.
Dr. MJ has also developed a line
of products for her clients needs from
skin rejuvenating creams and soaps
to skin whitening and acne problems.
Looking at her she really exempli-
fies her mantra of healthy wellness
and beauty. And no, she isn’t worried
about other practitioners claiming
her former faithful patients to be their
work of art! * * *
It is now open,
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