Human Resources committee  Just anecdotally, I get the impression that where it was initially going to provide immediate benefit was in moving in these international pharmacy graduates. They were getting licensed in Saskatchewan and then moving straight into Ontario. I heard first-hand of these cases, that

Human Resources committee  I just wanted to add that this is a national political issue, and it is good to give a better system for repayment of your loans, but maybe we need to look at the tuition fees that these students are being asked to pay. Like it or not, we used to have a system when I went to sch

Human Resources committee  In terms of this, you mentioned pharmacists. As I mentioned, one of the challenges is that 30% of our workforce are international pharmacy graduates. Of course, there's a cultural background that these pharmacists come from, and many end up in the urban areas because that's where

Human Resources committee  Thank you. Good morning, ladies and gentlemen. Thank you for the opportunity to present to you today along with our G4 and HEAL colleagues. My name is Brian Stowe. I am president of the Canadian Pharmacists Association and an independent pharmacy owner here in Ottawa, at Carle