Canada promised these caregivers a path to permanent residence. Now they say the government is ‘punishing’ them

Canada August 14, 2026 05:04 PM

Renuka Mijar with her husband, Deepak Malmul. Mijar, a midwife and nursing assistant in Nepal, stopped working as a caregiver in Canada for an elderly woman after her bridging work permit was refused last month.

Nicholas Keung is a Toronto-based reporter covering immigration for the Star. Follow him on Twitter: @nkeung.

Canada promised these caregivers a path to permanent residence. Now they say the government is ‘punishing’ them

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