Salary certainly is one. One of the real challenges our physicians face is if they are working in small communities and have to maintain fee-for-service practices, it can be very difficult to make competitive salaries. So there's a preference to maintain salaried positions, despite the health care system's attempt to shift away from them. So maintaining salaried positions is going to be one real key.
In Manitoba there are northern recruitment bonuses as well. I think it's important to realize that, at least in Manitoba, all physician services are paid for by the province. It's the province's responsibility to recruit and retain physicians and set the bonuses. So we need to continue to support our provinces in that.
The third thing I will mention is the support that's necessary for any professional when they're in a small community on their own, whether they're a nurse, a physician, or a CHR. We all need to have that kind of professional and personal support, and I think that is really an area that's overlooked. Our organizations need to have the capacity to pay for ongoing cyber-technology, whether it be for “webinars”, online mentoring forums, or what not. We need to do a better job of supporting our staff when they are in remote rural locations.