Harness the current momentum to shift the health workforce from a position of crisis to one of strength

The government can reframe the issue by focusing on the demand side of work instead of on the domestic supply of labour.

Health Minister Mark Holland speaks to reporters in Ottawa on Jan 30. The growth in demand for health care is expected to outpace taxation’s ability to finance the labour-driven supply of services, writes Zayna Khayat.The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

Opinion

BY ZAYNA KHAYAT

February 14, 2024

The Canadian government has little authority over levers that affect the health workforce: education, recruiting, training, deployment, compensation, retention. Despite this, it has rightly prioritized this matter, enacting federal policies to increase supply of health worke...

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