The wait times for some specialists have actually ballooned to even beyond three years now, so it's extremely dramatic. Canada has one of the lowest doctors per capita rates among OECD countries. Rather than trying to recruit and rather than trying to train more physicians, we've done the opposite.
In Ontario the government cut 50 residency positions, and over the last three years we've actually trained 150 fewer physicians. The toxic climate created by the regulatory body, along with the escalating cuts, has actually driven physicians away from the the province.
Not only are new grads not staying in Ontario, but doctors closer to the end of their careers are actually retiring earlier. We're seeing more and more physicians starting to work outside of OHIP, simply because it's become so toxic through the CPSO and the Ontario government that doctors are now actually leaving the profession of medicine.