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Immigrant women working in the care sector do the essential work many Canadians rely on, but low wages mean many need to work past retirement age. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn

Working more and making less: Canada needs to protect immigrant women care workers as they age

Naomi Lightman, Toronto Metropolitan University and Hamid Akbary, University of Calgary

Immigrant care workers are having to work into retirement age to make ends meet. The Canadian government must do more to support them.

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