Members of the South Asian community tend to place a high value on the extended ‘collectivistic’ family structure and migration ensuing adjustments to life in Canada or the United States argue scholars do not usually affect the interdependent nature of South Asian families. Custom and tradition, as well as economic practicality, usually dictate that elderly parents immigrate to Canada under the sponsorship of their children, or are themselves immigrants.

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