House committee’s health workforce report has critical gaps left to be filled

The House Health Committee's report is welcome, but deficient in its lack of specific recommendations on actions to alleviate the current crisis and prevent others from developing.

Premiers attend a press conference in Ottawa on Feb. 7, after the release of the federal government’s updated health-care deal with provinces. The forthcoming bilateral federal-provincial health-care funding agreements provide an opportunity and mechanism to formally look at intergovernmental collaboration. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY DON DRUMMOND, DUNCAN SINCLAIR, DAVID JONES

March 29, 2023

A report on the country’s health workforce by the House Health Committee correctly identifies the current “crisis” in health care as having been building for many years. The pace was accelerated by COVID-19, but its causes pre-existed the recent pandemic. Its various m...

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