Stakeholders lament lack of timelines, ‘concrete’ action plans for fixing health care after ministers’ annual meeting

Health Minister Marjorie Michel said something could happen with pan-Canadian licensure for doctors in 2026 but the organization responsible for this work isn’t making any promises.

Linda Silas, front, at an event in Ottawa earlier this year, with Jason MacLean, chair of the Canadian Health Coalition. Silas told The Hill Times that she felt there was a lack of 'directives' from the health ministers after their meeting about how they were going to tackle pan-Canadian licensing and violence against health care workers. The Hill Times photograph by Andrew Meade

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BY TESSIE SANCI

October 27, 2025

Despite Health Minister Marjorie Michel saying recently that Canada could see progress in national licensure for physicians in 2026, some advocates lament a lack of concrete action on moving forward with this and other ways to fix struggling health care systems.

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