It’s a problem in our listening area, clear across the province, and the country too: there just aren’t enough healthcare professionals to meet demand.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says foreign trained doctors and nurses are a big art of the solution.
The Conservative Leader is calling for a countrywide standardized testing process – dubbed the “blue seal” – that would allow qualified health-care professionals to work in any province or territory that volunteers to be part of the program.
Ontario has already explored this option, asking colleges responsible for licensing doctors and nurses to accelerate the process to get them working.
