I will pose my questions to Ms. Baker.
You talked about licensing foreign graduates, and that would certainly seem to me to be the easiest way of dealing with the shortage of nurses. You talked about this new national portal, which I'm not familiar with, but I know it varies widely between jurisdictions as to what foreign graduates have to do to get licensed in that jurisdiction. For example, my wife went to nursing school in the Philippines. Some of her fellow students are working in California, working in Alberta; however, they can't get a job in Ontario. It seems kind of haphazard as to who requires what qualifications.
With this national portal, does everyone have to go though it? Even if they go through it, isn't it still up to the provinces as to the actual requirements in order to get a licence?