Federal Health Minister wants to remove interprovincial mobility barriers for physicians

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.