That's an excellent question.
I think we will have to be imaginative, because investing money won't necessarily make it possible to get the necessary labour. However, it could facilitate continuing education, as Ms. Morrison mentioned.
There are also other factors to consider. We are in the 21st century, and we must adopt modern ways of doing things.
I am thinking in particular of telemedicine and networking. Doctors can travel to the regions, but the structure of the health care system must allow citizens to have access to care and specialists. We can't ask a number of specialists to move to Abitibi or to sparsely populated areas, because they won't be able to keep their skills up to date if they aren't exposed to certain cases.
However, online medical consultations as well as telemedicine networking and access to specialists by telephone, both for doctor‑patient consultations and for doctor‑to‑doctor consultations, are factors that would improve service delivery in rural and remote areas.
However, there are costs associated with that. An increase in health transfers to the provinces would allow for better access in all regions, while taking into account workforce needs. You don't create the workforce, and you can't multiply the existing workforce. However, new doctors can be trained through programs. The problem of workforce shortage isn't only in the health care sector, but also in many other areas.
We need to have systems that allow access to health care. At least we need to have support for health care professionals, specialists and other stakeholders.
Through modern computer, technological or robotic means, doctors can perform remote auscultation, ultrasound, medical manipulation and surgery. However, it's important to bear in mind the costs of these new ways of doing things. This would require, among other things, an increase in health transfers.