On the general issue of health human resources, it should be noted that according to data that's been released by the Canadian Institute for Health Information, progress has been made in increasing the supply of physicians and nurses since the 2004 accord. The number of practising physicians in Canada reached 62,307 in 2006, an increase of 4.9% since 2002, which is a rate of increase over the population growth, which is at just 4%.
On April 17th, 2008. See this statement in context.