Stats Canada's most recent data showed that by the end of the third quarter of 2023, there were 5,825 nurse vacancies in B.C. That's an increase from 5,300 last year. That in itself, the fact that we're at 5,825 nurses....
I'm telling you, you can just look at our rates of casual employees. Nurses don't want to work full time. When things are getting ugly, they need to be able to pull off, so it's costing us in many, many ways that are not even measured.