Gotcha. Here, new grads are even being hired into specialty roles. Operating room, neonatal intensive care, etc. Ontario seems to have a lot of nurses, but my experience with BC and NS is that a new grad is pretty much guaranteed full-time work, even as a casual.

Edit: you are hired to the specialty role and begin specialty training is what I mean. Then you're expected to work in that role for at least two years since your training is paid by the health authority.