That depends on whether you're a patient or a member of the public. But I think there is a physician shortage. Part of it is maldistribution. A lot of it is because physicians are doing things they probably shouldn't do that others could do just as well or perhaps even better.
In some respects there are specific shortages. Primary care is an area where, if we accept the proposed model of a medical home, a large number of Canadians do not have access to a comprehensive, continuous family practice environment, which is the ideal model for delivering primary care.
There are some specialties in medicine. There are 65 specialties and subspecialties within our purview that are considered to be short. There are others where the supply is probably at least temporarily more than we need. Some physician specialists and surgical specialists are currently looking for positions or continuing their training in more and more arcane and erudite areas of medical practice in order to wait or to train themselves for a specific practice opportunity.