The problem, in the case of technologists, is having adequate instruction capacity to equip them to take on this profession on a certified basis.
What has been done on what has already been identified as a problem? Is the federal government putting some resources into provincial systems to augment clinical education instruction? Is the government putting in place a fund to help ensure that there are more training places for nurses? Is there a fund in place to augment the number of spaces available for doctors?
This is not a foreign idea. This is something the Canadian government has done in the past. It has played an active role in terms of actually augmenting training capacity and education opportunities to ensure that we won't have a serious shortfall, which we are facing. It's imminent.
We need a sense of urgency from the federal government. There has to be some focal point, a locus of activity, a strategy, money, an idea--anything--that you could convey to us today.