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MARIA CAMILLE MENDOZA (13 YEARS OLD) SINGING “I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU ” BY WHITNEY HOUSTON DURING THE WEDDING RENEWAL VOWS OF ORLANDO & ELENA PARTOSA LAST DECEMBER 19, 2009. Elena is suffering from cancer. We are happy, as the Filipino community, to hear the announcement from Minister Jason Kenney(Citizenship, Immigration And Multiculturalism Minister) about the major overhaul of the Live-in Caregiver Program. Live-in Caregivers and their advocates sobbed openly and showed their emotion, occasionally clapping loudly as the Minister read through proposed changes to make things easier for many Filipino women who come to Canada as nannies. Vebron Partosa told Mosaic Edition in an exclusive interview that the new proposals would help her mother, Elena Partosa,43, a live-in caregiver now getting chemotherapy following her bout with cancer. I thank the government for helping caregivers, said Vebron Partosa. The proposed changes to the Live-in Caregiver Program eliminate the requirement for live-in caregivers to undergo a second medical examination when applying to become permanent residents. The change to this policy was advocated by Juana Tejada, a live-in caregiver who was diagnosed with cancer and faced deportation back to the Philippines because she failed the medical examination that would have paved her way to becoming a permanent resident. Tejada was allowed to stay in the country through special ministerial intervention on humanitarian and compassionate grounds. She died …