House Health Committee shines spotlight on foreign-funded medical residencies and feds’ role in attracting health-care workers

The committee has been studying health care and Canada’s immigration capacity in response to problems with access to care.
Immigration Minister Lena Metlege Diab, left, and Health Minister Marjorie Michel appeared at the House Health Committee on Nov. 18 to explain their respective departments' roles in helping health-care workers move to Canada to help with the health human-resources shortage.

A House Health Committee study is increasing attention on contracts between Canadian medical schools that take foreign governments’ money to train students, and the disconnected policies between federal and provincial governments when health-care shortages are affecting th...

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