Mr. Speaker, during the campaign when I knocked on the doors of a number of my constituents in Brampton—Springdale they wanted to know what we as a government were going to do to address the shortage of doctors.
As I have said, in this budget $75 million has been allocated toward accrediting and integrating these health care professionals.
A very exciting task force report was done which made a series of six recommendations. I would encourage all members to look at that report. The report recommended that the credentials of individuals who have been trained as doctors should be recognized. We should get those individuals accredited, get them internships and get them working. In that way we could reduce wait times in our hospitals, and Canadians could have access to doctors.