Ontario and New Brunswick are openly courting Quebec doctors upset over a recent provincial law that imposes a new method of remuneration on physicians.
While Premier François Legault criticized his Ontario counterpart for musing about recruiting Quebec doctors, in recent weeks, more than 100 Quebec physicians were testing the waters in those two provinces, applying for a licence to practice, according to provincial medical governing board figures.
On Wednesday, Ontario Premier Doug Ford jokingly invited interested Quebec physicians to call "1-800-Doug-Ford" and reach out to him on his cellphone after he was asked about the Quebec doctor labour woes during a news conference at Queen's Park.