Several Ontario mayors against communities’ financial incentives to attract doctors | Unpublished
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Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Sharif Hassan
Publication Date: May 8, 2025 - 07:49

Several Ontario mayors against communities’ financial incentives to attract doctors

May 8, 2025
Several Ontario mayors have been calling on the province to ban financial incentives municipalities use to lure in doctors, saying the recruitment tactic is harming communities that can’t pony up the cash – especially those in rural and northern regions.But Sault Ste. Marie Mayor Matthew Shoemaker is going even further, suggesting the federal government should outlaw the practice from “coast to coast.”“I think it should be banned across the country actually,“ he said in a recent interview.


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