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Office Administration: Metcalfe Foundation

Metcalfe Foundation: All she knows is that she is in constant pain and permanently unable to use her right arm. In April, after she completes a workers' compensation retraining course in office administration, she will try to get a job. , according to Hamilton Spectator. A recent report by the Metcalfe Foundation says welfare has become the only support for an increasing number of disabled Canadians who no longer qualify for traditional disability benefits due to the changing nature of work and disability. Michele McSweeney doesn't know what was worse her treatment by Canada Post and workers' compensation officials when she was injured on the job, or her doctor's missed diagnosis of her crushed wrist. "With such a visible injury as mine, who will want to hire me?" says the Hamilton woman. "I'll be forced to go on welfare." (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.