Recruits say they are now relying on food banks, having been expelled for failing one part of the training program and lost access to their weekly stipend and part-time work as a result
A Montreal civil rights organization says a Quebec program to recruit and train nurses from overseas is leaving some participants in dire straits and dependent on food banks.
“I can’t even meet my children’s needs,” he said during a news conference in Montreal. “It’s hard, because I chose to participate in this project, and I had faith in this project, and now I’m in a desperate situation.” “They are in limbo, many of them have to rely on food banks to survive, and many of them are very, very desperate,” he said. Niemi wants the Quebec human rights commission and the provincial government to investigate the program.
Niemi said the “excessively restrictive conditions” of the program aren’t fully explained to recruits before they leave their home countries, often with families in tow.
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