Thank you, Mr. Chair, and thank you to our witnesses for being here today.
When I was on the health committee, we did a study on long-term care and some of the factors affecting it. Nurses and PSWs were part of that. I believe Ms. Silas gave testimony there.
With respect to the 50% turnover of nurses, it was true then, as well. I just want to see whether the factors that were contributing to that are the same. At the time, for nurses and PSWs, it was violence in the workplace, working conditions like mandatory overtime, and non-competitive compensations that were driving a brain drain to the U.S.
Ms. Silas, is that still the scenario with respect to the nurses?