{"id":67354,"date":"2020-06-14T16:34:42","date_gmt":"2020-06-14T16:34:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/06\/14\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/"},"modified":"2020-06-14T16:34:42","modified_gmt":"2020-06-14T16:34:42","slug":"covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/","title":{"rendered":"Covid-19 in Canada: Quebec&#8217;s immigrant &#8216;guardian angels&#8217; hope for formal status"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k6k3sfDZ75fcHQw5EIP\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Canada&#8217;s Quebec region, many people answered the provincial government&#8217;s call to work in the understaffed health sector during the Covid-19 crisis. But these &#8220;guardian angels&#8221;, who make regular visits to retirement homes or isolated elderly people, are often female asylum seekers or refugees. Exposed to the virus, they risk their own health and due to a lack of working papers, they don&#8217;t have health insurance cards. NGOs are now demanding that Canada recognise their sacrifice and regularise their status. Our Montr\u00e9al correspondents report.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":67355,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_gam_disable_ads":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1077,1076],"tags":[155,26087,28278],"class_list":["post-67354","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-news","tag-canada","tag-covid-19","tag-quebec-region","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Covid-19 in Canada: Quebec&#039;s immigrant &#039;guardian angels&#039; hope for formal status - GuardianTV<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Covid-19 in Canada: Quebec&#039;s immigrant &#039;guardian angels&#039; hope for formal status - GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"In Canada&#039;s Quebec region, many people answered the provincial government&#039;s call to work in the understaffed health sector during the Covid-19 crisis. But these &quot;guardian angels&quot;, who make regular visits to retirement homes or isolated elderly people, are often female asylum seekers or refugees. Exposed to the virus, they risk their own health and due to a lack of working papers, they don&#039;t have health insurance cards. NGOs are now demanding that Canada recognise their sacrifice and regularise their status. Our Montr\u00e9al correspondents report.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"GuardianTV\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2020-06-14T16:34:42+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Covid-19-in-Canada.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Abiodun Ogundairo\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\"},\"headline\":\"Covid-19 in Canada: Quebec&#8217;s immigrant &#8216;guardian angels&#8217; hope for formal status\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-14T16:34:42+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":21,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Covid-19-in-Canada.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Canada\",\"COVID-19\",\"Quebec region\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Business\",\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\\\/\",\"name\":\"Covid-19 in Canada: Quebec's immigrant 'guardian angels' hope for formal status - GuardianTV\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Covid-19-in-Canada.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2020-06-14T16:34:42+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Covid-19-in-Canada.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2024\\\/06\\\/Covid-19-in-Canada.jpg\",\"width\":1920,\"height\":1080},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Covid-19 in Canada: Quebec&#8217;s immigrant &#8216;guardian angels&#8217; hope for formal status\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"description\":\"\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"GuardianTV\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\\\/2026\\\/09\\\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png\",\"width\":600,\"height\":96,\"caption\":\"GuardianTV\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1\",\"name\":\"Abiodun Ogundairo\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/guardian.ng\\\/tv\\\/author\\\/abiodun\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Covid-19 in Canada: Quebec's immigrant 'guardian angels' hope for formal status - GuardianTV","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Covid-19 in Canada: Quebec's immigrant 'guardian angels' hope for formal status - GuardianTV","og_description":"In Canada's Quebec region, many people answered the provincial government's call to work in the understaffed health sector during the Covid-19 crisis. But these \"guardian angels\", who make regular visits to retirement homes or isolated elderly people, are often female asylum seekers or refugees. Exposed to the virus, they risk their own health and due to a lack of working papers, they don't have health insurance cards. NGOs are now demanding that Canada recognise their sacrifice and regularise their status. Our Montr\u00e9al correspondents report.","og_url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/","og_site_name":"GuardianTV","article_published_time":"2020-06-14T16:34:42+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/tv.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Covid-19-in-Canada.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Abiodun Ogundairo","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Abiodun Ogundairo"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/"},"author":{"name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1"},"headline":"Covid-19 in Canada: Quebec&#8217;s immigrant &#8216;guardian angels&#8217; hope for formal status","datePublished":"2020-06-14T16:34:42+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/"},"wordCount":21,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Covid-19-in-Canada.jpg","keywords":["Canada","COVID-19","Quebec region"],"articleSection":["Business","News"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/","name":"Covid-19 in Canada: Quebec's immigrant 'guardian angels' hope for formal status - GuardianTV","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Covid-19-in-Canada.jpg","datePublished":"2020-06-14T16:34:42+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Covid-19-in-Canada.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2024\/06\/Covid-19-in-Canada.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/covid-19-in-canada-quebecs-immigrant-guardian-angels-hope-for-formal-status\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Covid-19 in Canada: Quebec&#8217;s immigrant &#8216;guardian angels&#8217; hope for formal status"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#website","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","name":"GuardianTV","description":"","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#organization","name":"GuardianTV","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/gtvcdn.guardian.ng\/2026\/09\/5SUudJ8m-oZUN2RNk-Logo-white.png","width":600,"height":96,"caption":"GuardianTV"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/#\/schema\/person\/a7ea396ab9bae73d4845496dbad885f1","name":"Abiodun Ogundairo","url":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/author\/abiodun\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67354","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67354"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67354\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67355"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67354"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67354"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67354"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}