I do.
The issue of international recruitment is an interesting one, because it used to be a lot smoother. Then we went to the regulatory model and this single agency that we now contract with, which as I understand, and as Dr. Baker said, is in the U.S.
It's always been interesting to me as an observer. I've done work with governments, like the one in Barbados, and The University of the West Indies, and they're very keen to look for partnerships where they can bring foreign-trained professionals, whether those be physicians, nurses or others who are surplus to their needs, and partner with universities in Canada to create these special pathways to get people here without the associated challenges.
Again, to Mr. Davies' point, I think there may be different pathways for nurses trained in the U.S., England and Europe. They also have significant shortages. Our ability to recruit them here is a challenge, whereas there are organizations like The University of the West Indies, the Government of the Philippines and others who train people. They follow what used to be called “test accreditation standards”, which used to be considered acceptable. Then they would come and it would be more of a fast-track process, as Mr. Davies has said, where they would have a bridging program for maybe six months for specific courses.
It's a question of how we speed up that process of identifying what those gaps are, because right now it seems very cumbersome and very bureaucratic.