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After firing thousands of healthcare workers over vaccinate mandates, the British Columbia government has announced it will spend $12 million to fast-track the registration and licensing process for foreign-trained nurses to address critical staffing shortages. 

The funding includes $9 million in bursaries to help around 1600 foreign-trained nurses with the costs of assessment fees. “Our government is committed to addressing the province’s demand for nurses,” said B.C. health minister Adrian Dix on Tuesday. 

“That’s why we’re launching this comprehensive suite of supports for internationally educated nurses to help them put their skills to use here in B.C.” 

The nursing shortage in B.C. – which, as with many provinces, was at crisis levels before the pandemic – was intensified during the fall and winter when vaccine mandates preceded a hospitalization spike over the Omicron variant of COVID-19. 

According to Dix, the lack of staff was so acute that one week in January alone saw 27,937 shifts unfilled. 

The province has continued to follow through with public-sector terminations despite these crippling shortages in healthcare personnel.

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