Obviously, like always, we hope those commitments include respecting Quebec's jurisdiction.
Finding people to work in health care is hard because the health system lacks funding, which makes working conditions especially challenging. I'm talking about Quebec's health system, specifically.
Nurses have to work mandatory overtime. Things have only gotten worse with the pandemic, so much so that, in the government's last budget, the Minister of Health was forced to make $2 billion in urgent health care funding available. There were no strings attached to the transfer, which was meant to help the provinces address the backlogs of delayed surgeries.
Do you think inadequate federal funding for health care, coupled with the government's refusal to provide transfers unconditionally and the fact that working conditions are worsening as a result, is a barrier to recruitment?
Who wants to work in an underfunded health care system with poor working conditions? Do you think that hinders recruitment?