—licensure.
We would support federal and provincial initiatives, including encouraging collaboration with the immigration groups who control that, as well as the provincial ministries of health and medical regulatory authorities.
We need to ensure that the pediatric workforce is counted as part of the broader HHR strategies that our government is putting important focus on, especially subspecialist care.
I want to highlight this is not just about physicians. It's about other specialty health providers who provide expertise care, such as nurses, psychologists and others, for children.
In conclusion, addressing the pediatric workforce requires coordinated, national-level action. PCC believes the federal government has a critical role to play to strengthen this pediatric workforce, both strengthening our domestic training pathways while also modernizing—