Human Resources committee  Mr. Chair, I would be pleased to take a short crack at that. I think that's a reasonable solution. What we must be careful about is where we have really major shortages. For example, we're very pressed in critical care. The kinds of people coming out of retirement may want to st

Human Resources committee  My feed cut out a bit, but I think I got the gist of the question. We have tabled a number of suggestions in our pre-budget submission, which I'll be happy to share with the committee. Things that tend to work for nurses are boosting the staffing, tax incentives and loan forgive

Human Resources committee  I think we're actually at a strange point of opportunity, Mr. Chair, just because of COVID-19. We've talked about this, as I said, for 20 years or more. We predicted the shortages of 60,000 this year, and here we are. But COVID has accelerated what would have been a more protr

Human Resources committee  Excuse me, Chair, is that question for me or Dr. Smart?

Human Resources committee  Chair, yes, I'll just make a very quick comment. Although the CNA does not have an official position on the federal and provincial split, I think it would be safe to say that we would support a return to a better balance for the provinces and territories, but I think we would a

Human Resources committee  Thank you for the question, Chair. One of the realities across the country.... If we just look at nursing, there are roughly 450,000 nurses. We have a terrible shortage of nursing care. I'm never sure if we have a shortage of nurses. In many places, half of those people are part

Human Resources committee  Thank you, Mr. Chair, for the question. That's the million-dollar question, isn't it? We've been looking at these issues; I can tell you that I've been involved in this since the year 2000. At that time, the conference of deputy ministers directed the country to develop a nursi

Human Resources committee  Good afternoon and thank you, Mr. Chair and members of the committee, for inviting the Canadian Nurses Association, the national and global professional voice of Canadian nursing, to appear today. My name is Mike Villeneuve and I am speaking to you today from the traditional lan

Health committee  First I want to give you the fast answer. We collect data across the country. For example, we know there are 349,000 nurses, and the areas where they work. What we don't do is articulate that and make it interoperable with what the physicians are doing, the needs in communities a

Health committee  I think I'll start. Thank you very much, Mr. Chair. There are a couple of dynamics at play. One is that different waves of COVID have impacted different sectors. We know the terrible outcomes that happened in long-term care, for example, in the first wave. We've just heard Dr. P

Health committee  Thank you. We don't know the exact number. We hear through anecdotal reports across the country that there are many in the pipeline waiting to get in, but I can look that up for you and would be happy to report it back. About 9% of the nursing workforce are internationally educ

Health committee  Go ahead, Gail.

Health committee  We need more nurses in rural.

Health committee  Go ahead, Gail.

Health committee  Thank you. Mr. Chair, with permission, I will turn this to Dr. Tomblin Murphy, who led the study.