Our plan to guarantee a family doctor for every Canadian by 2030
The Canada we’re proud of was built by people who believe that health care should be there for you when you need it—not just when you can afford it.
But right now, nearly seven million Canadians don’t have access to a family physician. And when people can’t get the care they need, private clinics step in and start charging them for it. It isn't just wrong to exploit Canadians like this—it’s a threat to the very idea of free public health care that our country believes in.
New Democrats built public health care in this country. We expanded it by delivering dental care and forcing the Liberals to help us take real steps towards universal pharmacare. Now we’re ready to do even more.
We have a Healthcare Workforce Strategy to strengthen our health care system against Americanization. As a first step, we’re going to make sure that every Canadian has access to a family doctor by 2030. Here’s our plan:
• Creating residencies for qualified, internationally trained doctors already living in Canada to get thousands more licensed family doctors;
• Streamline doctors who leave the United States to practice in Canada;
• Implement a pan-Canadian licensure to help medical professionals practice where they are needed across the country;
• Train and equip more doctors from northern and rural communities to serve their home towns;
• Work with provinces and doctors to reduce burdensome administrative paper work that takes time away from patients; and
• Work with territorial governments to provide housing and facilities for family doctors and primary care teams to keep healthcare providers in the North.
For decades, our leaders have let our public health care system go overlooked and underfunded. How much more Liberal inaction and Conservative cuts can it take?
We’ve been on the side of free public health care since the beginning. We have a plan. And a New Democrat government will finally address the issues with our health care system that Canadians have been asking for far too long.