Dr. Dennis Furlong, a former Minister of Health and Wellness in New Brunswick, made the argument that there were 30,000 family physicians in Canada. If they all took 1,500 patients, which is kind of the average size of a family practice, we should be able to service 45 million people. But we don't have the right distribution and in fact may be putting a disincentive in the way of providing service. I have 22,000 people in my riding who don't have a family doctor.
How do we help this? I would fit into the category of a rural-urban community. We have a big problem. How do we address this?