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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In Canada where APs are paid min wage, employers usually pay for a cell phone, and also still do pay for meals out etc. (we don't go out a lot so this isn't a huge hit for us, and sometimes we go out without her if she's got other plans or we just feel the need for some family time). I think it depends on if they are full time or part time too. Our AP works around 20-25 hours a week, and net after taxes and room and board this works out to around C$10 an hour.[/quote]

You can't compare to the US program because you don't have to pay an extra 9K/year in agencies fees. I am not sure if you are the same Canadian poster but i have pointed this out before. Your Canadian agencies fees is like $900, US agency fees are like $9000. That is the problem we have with the AP program here, the federal government requirements make the overhead expensive and applying minimum wage makes the program useless for most people.[/quote]
How are Canadian regulations more lax than American regulations? They aren’t. [/quote]

Actually, the Canadian regulations kind of are more lax in that we don't have official rules around what an AP can and cannot do - if I make an agreement with an AP that part of their job is to do some house cleaning or walk the dog, they can do it. They are a regular employee and their visa allows them to do any kind of job, not just childcare. Our AP has another part-time occasional gig that isn't childcare and that's totally fine from a 'legal' perspective. I did forget about your agency fees - I can see how that combined with minimum wage makes it painful![/quote]

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