Very simply, it happened because provincial governments decided they did not want any more medical places, and equally so with other health disciplines. In fact, when I was at McGill, we were in a position of contracting the number of places. McGill went from 160 down to 101 placements in medical school.
At that time, we thought we would be producing enough qualified doctors, including family practitioners and specialists, and we would depend upon immigrants for others. We had difficulty in terms of qualifications with immigrants and so on. I think that's a case where we simply did not respond to the demand of the system and provide opportunities for more young people to have a profession in the health sciences.