I think it's a bit of a tragedy, in that we have a number of professionals within our post-secondary institutions across the country who cannot gain access as doctors or nurses or what have you. There are ways to get around that. I think there needs to be a bridging program for physicians and other professionals, so that they can get into the system and provide the necessary services to the citizens.
In my particular university, last year we had 17 medical doctors from India alone, all willing to participate in the health care, all willing to participate in a bridging program. For whatever reason, the medical societies across the country are not too willing to participate in a meaningful way to make that transition easier.
The federal government can assist by providing some necessary monies for the bridging, but you need the Canadian Medical Association and the provincial associations [Technical difficulty—Editor] to a program that will assist. We're not looking for a diluted way. We're looking for these individuals to bridge in and to become family physicians and various professionals in our health care system. With a little bit of will by some of the stakeholders, that can be accomplished quite quickly and it would serve everyone's interests.