Health committee  [Technical difficulty—Editor] don't have the numbers on hand, but I believe that the study that you might find useful was conducted by secondstreet.org in Alberta. With regard to Canadians' accepting these sorts of reforms, I will say this. I have great faith in Canadians and t

Health committee  Thank you so much for the question. That's quite a big one. To start, I just want to clarify. I don't think I explicitly said that underfunding is an issue. We are one of the highest spenders. I think there is an imbalance between how much we spend and what we get in return. Wh

Health committee  Unfortunately, that's not something I've looked at [Technical difficulty—Editor].

Health committee  That's the entire health care spending question. I cannot answer that question directly. I can say that the policies that differentiate Canada from more successful universal health care systems are clear and stark. It is the attitude toward the private sector versus thinking ab

Health committee  I'm not entirely sure I can answer the question directly. I can say two things that may be relevant. First, the situation with physicians is directly traceable to the Barer-Stoddart report of 1991, which recommended a 10% reduction in medical school enrolment, a 10% reduction i

Health committee  This is really an unexplored area. I think it will not be a challenge for awhile, but it's very important. Virtual health care is usually offered by services that are really outside the public health care system and these services are offered also for pay. As you well know, when

Health committee  You're absolutely correct. There is a fundamental imbalance between how much Canada spends on health care and what it gets in return. As you mentioned, we rank sixth highest in the OECD in terms of health care spending per GDP. If we stop to adjust that for age, we actually end u

Health committee  There's a fundamental imbalance between the two.

Health committee  I'll reiterate the three points that I made in terms of differences of policy. That's what qualifies a more successful health care system from a less successful health care system. There are three things that these other successful health care systems do. They partner with the

Health committee  I'll narrow the question down to physicians, because that's really what we've looked at quite a bit. What I can say is that in 2019, as I mentioned, Canada ranked 26 out of 28 for the number of physicians per 1,000 population. I don't have the data right in front of me, but I be

Health committee  Thank you for the question. I don't think I commented on that, and I won't be able to answer that question.

Health committee  Thank you very much. Good afternoon and thank you for the invitation to contribute to the committee's study on Canada's health workforce. It is an honour to be here, and I hope what I have to say is of some value to the esteemed members. I should state up front that, although