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Balanced News: New study shows high rates of workplace injuries in Montreal involve immigrants

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A new study from a Montreal research institute for occupational health and safety estimates that up to 80 per cent of people who are injured at work in the city and require rehabilitation are immigrants. Jessica Dubé, a researcher with the Robert-Sauvé institute, says the province’s workplace health and safety board reports that the majority of cases involve immigrants — compared to a decade ago when the majority involved Québécois workers. Dubé says the rise in injuries involving immigrants can be partly explained by the increase in Montreal’s immigrant population and by the sectors that they choose to work in.

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