More than one in four Canadians puts in regular hours providing care for family members and friends with chronic illnesses or disabilities. All that unpaid labour comes with a high emotional cost. | cbcwhitecoat
If paid, caregiving provided by family members and friends would add up to more than $24 billion.
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