You're very well informed, Mr. Lessard.
To answer your question as to how the federal government could ensure a stable workforce in the field of health care and in the nursing profession, our solution would be to support employers. It's not about discussing federal or provincial management of health care. The provinces do manage health care systems, but the federal government, despite the programs at Human Resources and Social Development Canada, one of the federal government's largest departments, never gets involved in health care. Nurses are not entitled to employment insurance, except when they are about to give birth.
So, there are ways to assess these funds and to hand them to employers so they can establish strategies for the retention of nurses and health care professionals, to create healthier workplaces as well. As health care workers we work in the most unhealthy environments. We have the highest rate of illness, penalties, etc.
So we have to help local employers by providing them with various programs so they can have the resources to compensate for these weaknesses and address the problems such as staff retention.