The answer is yes. I have to see where I put that. It's $5 million over five years for mentoring for people who have studied outside Canada. We think we need that money to help people.
We're still talking about doctors who have studied outside Canada and who are driving taxis or delivering pizzas. This phenomenon occurs; it's true. However, we want instead to train people who are able to be trained in order to help reduce the current shortage of physicians. However, we have to have ways of doing that, and we're trying to find solutions, such as mentoring. Some are almost ready to do it, but they need a little support. This solution could help reduce the shortage of physicians. It wouldn't involve taking all the courses over, but rather completing training. In some cases, some don't need much more to pass their exams.
What we absolutely want is to have people who meet the same standards as we do. We don't want to accept physicians who don't meet standards. No one would want that. We're completely ready to encourage these foreign graduates to come, but we want them to be properly trained. That's why we're requesting federal government support.