A prescription for progress: boosting Canada’s family doctors by 50 per cent

One of the key drivers of the primary care crisis is our failure to fully use the skills of internationally trained physicians already living in Canada.

Among the steps the federal government can take is to directly fund medical faculties to create 750 new family medicine residency positions each year, write ISG Senators Stanley Kutcher, Mohamed-Iqbal Ravalia, and Ratna Omidvar; and Kareem El-Assal. Unsplash photograph by National Cancer Institute

Opinion

BY ISG SENATOR STANLEY KUTCHER, ISG SENATOR MOHAMED-IQBAL RAVALIA, INDEPENDENT SENATOR RATNA OMIDVAR, KAREEM EL-ASSAL

October 14, 2024

Canada is facing a primary care crisis. Some 6.5 million Canadians do not have access to a family doctor, and that number could surge to 10 million within a decade. We rank last among 10 high-income countries in access to primary health care. Family doctors are stretched thi...

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