Every day, Outaouais resident Maria Fernanda Maxil Platas waits patiently for news from immigration officials that she’ll be permanently reunited with her aging parents here in Canada.
Thousands of kilometres away, just outside Mexico City, her parents do the same.
Maxil Platas is in Canada alone, and after three years of waiting — and a recent breast cancer diagnosis — her frustration is growing.
As an only child, the 36-year-old says her parents rely on her for help as they grow older, and they in turn have helped her through her cancer treatment. In this family, the caretaking goes both ways.
“It’s a night-and-day difference having someone at home that cares for
