Joy Abasta came to British Columbia with a promise of a job as a registered nurse.
In the Philippines, she had been told Canada was desperate for health-care workers. She came on a work permit in 2014, expecting a straight, quick path to getting her nursing credentials recognized by the BC College of Nurses and Midwives.
What she found instead was a twisting maze. To work as a nurse, Abasta would need to take multiple English exams, complete multiple tests and complete a multi-year bridging program. All of that would take years and cost tens of thousands of dollars.....
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