Thank you. It's a very good question.
I agree, actually. Quebec is probably doing the best of the provinces in Canada on this front. So as poor as things look to you, they look worse in other provinces, and we're certainly in the area of provincial jurisdiction right now, not federal jurisdiction.
I think that a large number of policy proposals, or more than a few, could be put forward, but would need intestinal fortitude if they were to be pursued. You could do what Quebec does but even more strongly. That is to say, let primary care physicians or primary care practitioners, not just in medicine but more broadly, be hired by regional health authorities rather by provinces. So if there's a need in a certain area, they hire, and if there's no need on the island of Montreal, they don't hire. That would distribute people.
You could also change the way you recruit into medical school. It's exactly what you're saying. But you could put even a bit more bite into it. You could have people, as part of the admissions process to medical school, make a commitment to where they want to practice, and the admissions committee could take that into account in adjudicating admissions. If the admissions committee had two people who looked the same, and one wanted to practice in northern Quebec and the other one wanted to practice in Montreal, whom would they admit if they looked otherwise comparable?
I think there are a number of policies we could pursue.