Thank you very much, Madam Chair. I'd like to split my questioning with my colleague from Kamloops.
I'd like to talk to the officials a bit about the foreign credentials program. I'm very proud that we made the investment, and I do think it's overdue.
I come from Oshawa, and we're very underserved. A friend of mine actually married a western-trained physician-surgeon from China, who was having problems getting accredited here. She ended up going back to school here for traditional Chinese medicine. I thought it was quite ironic that we had a western-trained physician-surgeon who came here to learn traditional Chinese medicine. She's practising that right now. She seems to be quite happy. She doesn't have the hours of Dr. Kuling.
I think it's a little discouraging. Do we keep statistics on where most of the foreign health care workers come from?
You mentioned the Medical Council of Canada, which has assessment offices. How many different languages are there in these assessment offices?
You mentioned that there are 12 offices outside Canada. We talk about poaching from other countries. How many health care professionals, when they come here, actually end up working in their fields?
If we find that most of the health care professionals are coming from certain countries, are we able to set up offices overseas?
Can you answer those questions in three minutes?