abgh said:
If your current WP expires while the BOWP is in process can we renew the health card while being on implied status?
It's going to depend upon the province.
In the case of Ontario - no. I called them to confirm this. Implied status is not sufficient for the eligibility class for people with work permits. You need an actual valid work permit, or to be part of some other group that is eligible (for example, those people who have been approved in principle for permanent residency).
Once you receive the new permit, apparently if the remarks read "restored" or "implied", then there is no waiting period, and the new card is valid retroactively from the expiry date of the old one. I don't know whether BOWPs have this remark, though.