A report by the Canadian Federation of Nurses Unions has shown that there has been a sharp increase in spending on for-profit nursing agencies. Billions of dollars are being spent in the sector without much regulation and transparency on how the private companies operate. An interview with the report’s author Queen’s University professor Joan Almost.
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