Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Matthew Scace, Alanna Smith
Publication Date: October 15, 2025 - 05:00
Federal Health Minister wants to remove interprovincial mobility barriers for physicians
October 15, 2025
Canada’s Health Minister wants to introduce legislation to improve labour mobility for health care workers, mirroring a recent federal bill that removed barriers to interprovincial movement but did not specifically include physicians, nurses and other health professionals.
Future legislation would be similar to Bill C-5 and could feature a national licensing system for health care workers, Health Minister Marjorie Michel said in an interview. Bill C-5 was approved by the House of Commons in June and sets out to fast track major nation-building projects.
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The Canadian postsecondary system should consider major changes to meet the economic challenges facing the country, according to a new report from Royal Bank of Canada.The report, published this week, calls for a “postsecondary pivot” to advance national goals. It’s based on the input of about 60 industry and postsecondary leaders who met in Toronto last month at a session convened by RBC Thought Leadership and the Business + Higher Education Roundtable. The focus was on how Canada can produce the talent needed to reorient its economy in response to trade disruptions.
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