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A Kingston, Ont., woman says her father has only weeks or months to live but can’t access long-term care.
She’s even willing to pay for it — but under Ontario’s rules, her father needs to have a health card. And to get that, he needs to be a permanent resident.
“My father is caught in a bureaucratic nightmare,” said Reena Kukreja.
An assistant professor of global development studies at Queen’s University who studies the struggles of migrant workers, Kukreja is familiar with the barriers
