Human Resources committee  I will perhaps begin, and my colleagues may be able to suggest some other options. We have worked hard with some of our provincial and territorial counterparts to encourage regional collaboration as well as individual provincial and jurisdictional collaboration. We in fact have

Human Resources committee  Right. As I suggested in my opening remarks, I think the health ministries across the country bring something that the labour ministries and the immigration ministries don't bring. Health is fairly complex; I'm sure you've concluded that by this point. We've been fostering li

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much for your question. Many people would agree that it would be a step forward to have a centralized focal point for information and data. In fact, Health Canada has supported the Canadian Institute for Health Information over a period of time to develop national

Human Resources committee  Good afternoon. I would like to thank the committee for the opportunity to speak to you again. In my previous remarks I provided a general overview of Health Canada’s internationally educated health professionals initiative. I would like to focus today on some of the successes

Human Resources committee  Yes. There are approximately 2,700, or in that range, of ministry-funded residencies across the country. Of those--

Human Resources committee  That's correct—approximately.

Human Resources committee  Of those, 426 are designated for INGs.

Human Resources committee  That's correct.

Human Resources committee  It's approximately 1,900.

Human Resources committee  They're not immigrating to do that. They have to be here to apply.

Human Resources committee  Thank you for your question. Medical school enrollment has increased substantially in the last few years. In fact, first-year undergraduate medical school enrollment has increased by 60% over the last decade. The provinces and the territories, which have responsibility for hea

Human Resources committee  No, the numbers of IMGs applying to post-graduate residency training are up significantly, and more Canadians are going abroad to study. We estimate that there are 3,500 Canadians studying medicine abroad, with approximately 700 graduates each year, and many of them seek to come

Human Resources committee  I think I'll come back to my original point about provincial and territorial governments wishing to control that aspect of their health systems. It's a very important and very large part of their system. Health human resources comprises a big part of the system. They make their o

Human Resources committee  In terms of students who are applying to go into residency training, there is no real difference between Canadians who grew up in Canada and went abroad to do their undergraduate training and people who have come to Canada and wish to go into a residency position. All of the appl

Human Resources committee  Thank you very much for your question. First, I'd like to say that Health Canada recognizes that the provincial and territorial governments have jurisdiction over health human resource planning. That includes the recruitment and retention of health professionals, as well as the