A backlog of Ontario Provincial Police (OPP) background checks has left a social worker from Ontario stranded in Labrador without a job.

Sarah, whose last name CBC Toronto has agreed to withhold as she's worried speaking out could impact current and future job prospects, moved provinces for a new job that requires a vulnerable sector screening (VSC).

Sarah filed her VSC application mid-August but says she's heard nothing back from the OPP despite attempts to contact the unit that processes the applications.

She was supposed to start her new job on Sep. 5 and predicts she'll have to go at least three months without any income.

"I left Ontario because I couldn't afford to live …. I literally was unable to buy groceries," she told CBC Toronto. "And now I'm sitting here, unemployed, runnin

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