Mr. Speaker, our government is very much aware of the critical shortage of all occupations in the health field, right from doctors to nurses to health support workers. We have been very actively trying to recruit people. In some situations, we have paid allowances to get people here. Through the Maximizing Northern Employment Strategy, we have increased the amount of training that is being done through education.
Our approach has been to not just focus on trying to get people from the south, but training people ourselves from the North who can take up the occupations. It is not going to be a quick, short turn-around on this, Mr. Speaker. I do sympathize with the situation the health care workers face. I am sure the hospitals are doing everything they can to fill those positions, but the reality is there is a shortage right across the country.
However, as quickly as we can, we want to move toward having more home-grown people in our health fields. In the meantime, we will recruit as actively as we can and train people as quickly as we can. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.