Mr. Chair, that is exactly what we talked about at the last health ministers conference. We said very clearly that the federal government is interested in coordinating and assisting jurisdictions across the country to train more quickly medical health professionals and bring on stream medical professionals from foreign countries who are now Canadians. We have in fact $85 million in the budget with respect to the IMGs, international medical graduates, and coordinating that strategy across the country.
In the House of Commons on November 23rd, 2004. See this statement in context.