Right now, healthcare workers licensed in one province face barriers if they want to work in another. That’s unacceptable. I will fight to unify all healthcare regulators into a single, national Canadian Healthcare Regulator — one standard, one licence, for all healthcare professionals across the country. This move will break down interprovincial licensing walls, allowing healthcare professionals to move freely and respond where the need is greatest — especially in rural and underserved areas like ours. Talent shouldn’t be stuck behind red tape. Let’s build a healthcare system that works together, not against itself.
We’ve
successfully supported the trades with government bursaries. It’s time we do
the same for healthcare students — and tie those bursaries to mandatory
community service in rural areas upon graduation.
This ensures a
constant flow of newly trained doctors, nurses, and allied professionals into
communities like ours. No more empty promises. No more ghost towns with
shuttered ERs. Just smart, effective planning to support both students and the
people who desperately need care.
Let me be blunt:
current regulators need to get off their lazy asses and start doing their jobs.
We have thousands of trained immigrant healthcare workers already living in
Canada — but they’re sitting on the sidelines because of outdated processes and
pointless red tape.
We need to
accelerate licensing programs, cut bureaucratic delays, and get these skilled
workers into clinics and hospitals where they belong. The talent is here. The
need is now. Let’s stop wasting time and start solving problems.
I
will work engage with the Minister of Immigration to restructure immigration
programs to serve rural Canada first. We need to fast-track the best and
brightest international healthcare professionals and get them into practice —
fast.
Too many highly
qualified people are waiting in limbo while our communities suffer. Let’s stop
treatingimmigration
as a waiting game and start using it as a tool to meet urgent national needs.
Healthcare
should not be a provincial guessing game. Right now, your access to care
depends too much on where you live. That’s not fair, and it’s not Canadian.
I will push for
a fully universal healthcare system administered by the federal government.
That means one set of standards, one set of benefits, for every Canadian — no
matter your postal code. Our healthcare system should be united, just like our
economy. Disparities must end.
The Time for
Complacency is Over
We are at a
turning point.
This crisis didn’t start yesterday — but if we act boldly and
decisively, we can all work to begin to fixing it today.
Our rural
communities have waited long enough.
It's time for action. It's time to rise.