Health committee  Yes, there are actually a couple of schools in Canada. Memorial University is doing a lot of work in the area of recruiting rural students, as are areas of Ontario, with some of their more rural and remote training programs. Those are all really worth looking at. There's some goo

Health committee  Doctor, could I just ask you to clarify the specific question?

Health committee  That's a good question. Dr. Lefebvre spoke to some of the differences in where doctors are trained and how they're trained. When we bring a new doctor to Canada, we also need to consider their ability to transfer those skills to a different culture. I think there's probably a f

Health committee  The reason I speak to the importance of locums across the country is so that rural doctors will know they can get a break when they need it. They're already developing national standards around licensure and encouraging the provinces to work together for licensure. I think that's

Health committee  Speaking for psychiatry in Nova Scotia, we certainly could use more distribution of psychiatrists from the city out to the more rural areas. As a general trend, I think there might be some truth to that, actually.

Health committee  I think so. I think that applies to physicians and any kinds of skilled workers. If there's a way to streamline the immigration process, so that those important workers could be in Canada and providing care while they're finished being vetted, for example, that would be super hel

Health committee  The goal is to get doctors to come and then to get them to stay. For the family in question, typically when a doctor arrives, we'll make sure that we've made connections for their families, such as activities and plans. For example, the daughter of one family who came is involved

Health committee  That would be helpful. It would be terrific. I think we're a long way away, but if we could start the process of getting there, that would be really helpful.

Health committee  The doctor in question showed up at the London airport to start his new life in Canada, and when they checked in at Heathrow, he was informed that he was allowed to get on the plane but not his family. His wife and teenage daughter, with their pet dog, had to find a hotel at a mo

Health committee  Thanks very much for inviting me to speak today. I was nervous enough, and then I saw that with Speech-Language and Audiology in the room, I need to speak as clearly as I can. First of all, I want to say I'm grateful to be presenting here today and to contribute to this very im