Your point is an important one. In the budget, to try to unknot this problem, we announced $18 million in funding for consultations with the provinces, professional bodies, new immigrants, and the business community. There are some good signs. Some provinces are very aggressive on this. Quebec, in particular, has done a great job. I've talked often with Lise Thériault regarding what they've done with doctors. In the spring, they will be introducing legislation that will require the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons and the Quebec Medical Association to work with foreign-trained doctors. They will have to do more than provide them with testing. They will have to mentor them so that they can pass the tests. The problem is partly with procedures and that kind of thing, but very often it's also with the technical vocabulary. So they will get help with this, so that they can pass the test. In exchange for all this, they will often agree to work for a while in rural areas. Eventually they can go and work wherever they wish. Part of the agreement is that they go through this process.
Ontario is now taking some steps. My hope is that the federal government can help to coordinate and share best practices with all the provinces. My department plans to be more aggressive in our missions. We mean to be clear with people proposing to come to Canada. We will tell them that just having a medical degree doesn't mean they can automatically practice in Canada. Then we will help them find out what they need to do, depending on which jurisdiction they're going to, to decide if they want to upgrade before they go, or if they even want to go to that jurisdiction. Basically, we want to let them know what they're up against before they come. Also, once they get here, we will help them navigate their way to the right people in whatever province they're going to, to find out what they need to do to meet the criteria so that they can practice in their field.