I think it would help in a number of ways, a few of which Dr. Smart touched on already.
One of them is certainly around locum availability. We hear that from our members constantly, that current disparities in staffing across the country often leave them unable to take a break from their practice—to get a locum in to cover their practice while they're away. A national licensure would certainly provide mobility to allow that to happen. These are short-term locums specifically right now. It can take a long time, in addition to the money, to get registration in a particular province.
The other one that we often hear about is regarding border towns. We have a number of communities across the country, some closer than others to borders, and some particularly far away from their tertiary referral centres, where getting locums could happen maybe an hour down the road, versus trying to get somebody from elsewhere in the province. That would help with that.
My hometown, Lloydminster, is cut right in half on the Saskatchewan-Alberta border, and right now you need two licences to practice there on a daily basis. It's not just locums.
Those are two that I would mention for sure.