Thanks very much for the question.
I was going to talk a little bit about an initiative that addresses exactly the challenge you've raised. International medical graduates' entry into the medical profession, as you know, is one of the most complex licensing processes in Canada and varies across jurisdictions.
What we've done with the Medical Council of Canada and provincial-territorial governments and several of the regulatory associations is to develop a common assessment process for international medical graduates who come to Canada looking to enter into residencies. Rather than having these assessment processes...I was going to say done ten different ways across the country; it's actually more than ten different ways because it varies by medical school. Even within a jurisdiction you can have four, five, or six schools running a different assessment process with different requirements. We have only this spring agreed on a common national assessment process. It will be piloted this fall in three assessment centres. Then, based on the pilot, we would hope to roll it out nationally.
The second piece of work, which hasn't started yet but we're working on it with the Medical Council, is for internationally trained doctors who come to Canada practise-ready. These are doctors who are not early in their career, not looking to complete a residency. They've already completed their residency training. They've practised in their home country. We're looking to develop a common national assessment process for those professionals, but we haven't started that work yet.