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Canada has a doctor shortage for a number of reasons. A big one is the imposed reduction in medical school enrollment back in 1993.
Additionally, government restrictions on foreign trained doctors have also reduced numbers. I know when I used to travel in Montreal and Toronto a lot the border guards were very strict about foreigners doing work a Canadian could do.
They also loose doctors to the US where the pay is better.
All that being said, I'd note that my sister who has a LARGE number of Canadian friends says they think their system while imperfect is pretty good.
And that being said, I'd note that the current proposals don't looks much at all like the Canadian system.
-spence
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