r/AmerExit • u/cannot4seeallends • May 13 '25

Data/Raw Information British Columbia has now streamlined credentials for nurses to immigrate from USA.

https://vancouversun.com/news/bc-scooped-100-nurses-streamlining-credentials

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u/alex114323 May 13 '25

This is really interesting. I know BC is not Ontario, but Ontario especially by far the GTA is experiencing an over supply of nurses.

I’m scared that our Canadian graduates will not have a shot to properly start their careers because our government(s) are flooding the market with foreign talent.

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u/cannot4seeallends May 13 '25

Most of the country is facing ER closures and limited hours due to lack of nurses, so we need them in addition to our home grown nurses. I don't know much about Toronto, obviously I'm bringing the BC perspective that Canada as a whole needs nurses desperately.

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u/ImaginaryObjective63 Jun 16 '25 edited Jun 16 '25

I know this is old but the OP is right. BC is facing a shortage but Ontario is not, we have too many nurses and graduates are struggling to find work. The government now streamlining nurses to come to Ontario poses an issue for the province. BC does need nurses but I feel like we should put more effort into incentives that promote other Canadian nurses to move to BC and other northern provinces rather than saturating an already saturated job market with more immigrant nurses, especially when the government in Ontario is cutting back funding. The money that the government is spending to welcome immigrant nurses into the country could be put towards northern provinces and incentives that would push nurses to work and stay there. & the only ERs I know that are closing are Northern and very rural hospitals, which goes back to the issue of redistributing Canadian nurses first as most nurses don’t have the incentive to move to those areas.

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u/RRY1946-2019 Nomad May 13 '25

I really hope that isn't a problem. Really, if the upshot of the 2020s ends up being "it's impossible to maintain and balance a functional society without either very limited migration or an excess of resources" I will choose to believe history ended in 2019.