P.E.I. successfully recruits 20 health-care professionals from the U.S. #PrinceEdwardIsland #Canada #Healthcare /1 www.ctvnews.ca/atlantic/pri...
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Such good news for PEI!
aug 28, 2025, 8:51 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
Doug Ford needs to do the same
aug 28, 2025, 12:07 pm β’ 3 0 β’ view
Doug is out to privatize the system not improve it by adding needed health careworkers.
aug 28, 2025, 2:28 pm β’ 15 2 β’ view
What's Ford doing? Sitting on the federal Healthcare transfer payments? (And Smith, and Moe)
aug 28, 2025, 4:40 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
Damn I wish BC could get more. Mind you, if they started to ban memberships to medical clubs, we might get back the βretiredβ doctors and nurses, David Eby.
aug 29, 2025, 11:11 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
The siren song of poutine and reasonable healthcare. They will need to learn the French word for heart disease...
aug 28, 2025, 1:59 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
PEI isn't Quebec. French literacy is not required, nor is a love of poutine. They might want to brush up on the works of Lucy Maud Montgomery and Milton Acorn, though.
aug 28, 2025, 4:30 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
Not in PEI they wonβt. π
aug 28, 2025, 2:43 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
Our losses will be catastrophic!
aug 28, 2025, 9:50 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
Welcome Enjoy Canada, we are glad you are here.
aug 28, 2025, 1:36 pm β’ 11 0 β’ view
More to come!
aug 28, 2025, 4:10 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
It would be an interesting documentary to follow themfor a couple of years and see how they adjust. Do they stay? What do they think of Canada's system and our culture, what do they want to change?
aug 28, 2025, 12:46 pm β’ 12 0 β’ view
They should feel fortunate enough to be here and not even try to change anything! This reminds me that, during all the years I was a medical transcriptionist, one doctor came from North Carolina and we always had to use the American spelling of words in his reports, rather than him adjusting to us!
aug 28, 2025, 2:50 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
They donβt get to βchangeβ anything.
aug 28, 2025, 1:19 pm β’ 12 0 β’ view
I agree but am curious if they'd want to change anything. It may not be negative, for example, I often here of the hours of non-billable paperwork required of doctors
aug 28, 2025, 1:39 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
You donβt ask someone who has never had universal healthcare how to improve a system that does.
aug 28, 2025, 2:12 pm β’ 5 0 β’ view
Why not? Medical professionals have brains, experience and critical thinking skills. Why wouldn't their input have merit? While Canada does have universal health care I have heard complaints. Even good systems can benefit from thoughtful change.
aug 28, 2025, 3:32 pm β’ 3 0 β’ view
I find the outrage at the thought they may not love everything about our system surprising & laughable. I love our system, it's saved lives of many family members, but I admit we were better able to handle patient needs 25 years ago. I believe much, not all, is political. How do we improve?
aug 28, 2025, 3:45 pm β’ 5 1 β’ view
I've advocated for universal health care in the US for decades and would love to have a system like yours. Even in a good system improvements are always possible with thoughtful analysis and user input.
aug 28, 2025, 4:01 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
As a π¨π¦I would love to see universal HC for my neighbours. Decades ago, my youngest was born with a heart defect & ended up with open heart surgery. I paid for parking & cafΓ©tΓ©ria food. Asking parents to worry about insurance and bankruptcy during such a hard time is cruel .
aug 28, 2025, 4:27 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
We are lucky to have a non-profit children's hospital in my state which provides free care for very sick kids. Not every state has something like that (although they all should).
aug 28, 2025, 7:25 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
I'm glad but the idea of health care as a profit industry makes me nauseous
aug 28, 2025, 7:31 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
I find the outrage is nearly always the same. People donβt seek medical attention until they are in chronic pain then bitch like crazy that they have to wait two years. If you had gone to the doctor when the pain started, probably two years prior, youβd be closer to a surgical date.
aug 28, 2025, 4:17 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
And this has become my question, how do we get more family doctors so our system is more preventative?
aug 28, 2025, 4:28 pm β’ 5 1 β’ view
We pay them! But too many Conservatives premiers (who are in charge of their healthcare) want to starve the system because their rich cronies want in to make some delicious public money. Sam Mraiche in Alberta comes to mind.
aug 28, 2025, 4:33 pm β’ 8 2 β’ view
Yep, excellent example
aug 28, 2025, 4:39 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
Exactly
aug 28, 2025, 6:38 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
You are correct βοΈ Conservative governments defund Healthcare & Education to create a crisis that offers an opportunity to provide "Choice" The Choice is privatization or suffer from inadequate services. Canada needs to understand that our #UniversalHealthcare & #World-ClassEducation make us better
aug 28, 2025, 6:12 pm β’ 4 0 β’ view
Theyβre the same people who are clinging to fossil fuels. Theyβve made their position clear, they want to make the rich richer, humanity be damned.
aug 28, 2025, 5:12 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
You cited non billable paperwork as an example, that is not a thing in the U.S. everything is billable.
aug 28, 2025, 5:10 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
You do you boo
aug 28, 2025, 2:25 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
My friend is a doctor in the US whoβs trying to convince his wife to come here He said the only change heβd make is to recruit more doctors from around the world or put more Canadian doctors through med school He thinks our system is better than the US Itβs just overburdened and understaffed
aug 28, 2025, 4:35 pm β’ 5 0 β’ view
This! Exactly how do we fix the overburdened/understaffed part? I've seen suggestions but no politician seems to take in the challenge. Of course, I am in AB were the only thi g I see is UCP destruction
aug 28, 2025, 4:39 pm β’ 3 0 β’ view
Iβm in Ontario and I think we have two evil peas in a pod for Premiers Both want to usher in Private For Profit Healthcare when itβs a dying system The US system of for profit is dying a slow death and taking as many people as possible with it
aug 28, 2025, 4:40 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
Agreed!
aug 28, 2025, 4:50 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
He hates dealing with Insurance companies and likes the idea of βYou need this surgery, so weβre going to do this surgeryβ instead of spending hours on the phone convincing some βsuitβ at the insurance company WHY this person NEEDS this surgery
aug 28, 2025, 4:39 pm β’ 9 0 β’ view
He firmly believes For Profit Healthcare is a dying system and Universal Healthcare is the future He thinks we can do better in Canada but itβs by expanding our Public system I think a lot of US doctors feel much the same way
aug 28, 2025, 4:39 pm β’ 7 0 β’ view
And that is the perspective I'd be interested in from my imaginary documentary π
aug 28, 2025, 4:40 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
Great news!!
aug 28, 2025, 3:32 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
Excellent news! For everyone involved
aug 28, 2025, 6:41 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
Fabulous news!
aug 28, 2025, 10:54 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
We lost many professional people to the States over the past decades, now is the time to take them back. The more intelligent of the US realizing their futures are throttled there. The question remains though, will they go back IF things improve there?
aug 28, 2025, 1:38 pm β’ 7 0 β’ view
It's exactly why we need to be training more Canadian doctors instead of bringing in more and more foreign doctors. Foreign doctors should supplement a healthy system not be a necessity to keep the system functioning.
aug 28, 2025, 2:34 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
One of the problems is that those who want to pursue medical careers want to be specialists, as that is where the money is. Our shortage is for GP's. NP's in the Provinces that are onboard certainly help, as they can order tests and write prescriptions.
aug 28, 2025, 9:17 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
we are training a lot of doctors across Canada, but the problem is many of them leave Canada
aug 28, 2025, 2:35 pm β’ 5 0 β’ view
That is a problem but not the only one. We don't train as many as we should. And not as many as want to go in to medicine but can't get in due to limited seats. Some give up on the field altogether or some go get training in another country where they can get in faster ofter stay.
aug 28, 2025, 2:56 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
I bet they are so thrilled to relocate out of that burning dumpster fire of a country! And to now live somewhere so beautiful! Where they can send their kids to school with way less worry.
aug 28, 2025, 3:00 pm β’ 6 0 β’ view
π
aug 28, 2025, 12:03 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
Trump brain drain π
aug 28, 2025, 1:58 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
Welcome to Canada π¨π¦ PEI is a beautiful province you will love it and itβs beautiful people.
aug 28, 2025, 3:28 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
Plenty more to come to Canada no doubt..
aug 29, 2025, 1:20 am β’ 2 0 β’ view
They are going to love it there!
aug 28, 2025, 1:14 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
The brain drain continues. Not great. Not great at all.
aug 29, 2025, 5:43 am β’ 1 0 β’ view
Welcome. I hope to see more investment in medical training and education in Canada. We have a lot of people struggling to find work.
aug 28, 2025, 10:08 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
Fist up and hands out π¨π¦ to help. I am just πΊπΈ
aug 28, 2025, 1:53 pm β’ 4 0 β’ view
I can only hope they are given freedom to treat patients as they see fit, not how insurance companies tell them to.
aug 28, 2025, 11:52 am β’ 3 0 β’ view
What are these βinsurance companiesβ you speak of?
aug 28, 2025, 1:43 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
it is universal healthcare, no insurance companies involved
aug 28, 2025, 12:00 pm β’ 11 0 β’ view
Well done! We are suffering under Ford in Ontario.
aug 28, 2025, 2:22 pm β’ 3 0 β’ view
These drs are in PEI We need to get people motivated to vote dug fraud outta office.
aug 28, 2025, 5:15 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
Wonderful
aug 28, 2025, 1:17 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
I wonder how many of these professionals were born and educated in Canada in the first place, and then moved to the US for work?
aug 28, 2025, 2:52 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
they ain't gonna work on maggies farm no more
aug 29, 2025, 2:39 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
You're gonna get a lot more. I'm retired here in the State of NaziTrump, but I'd NEVER work in healthcare now.
aug 28, 2025, 3:38 pm β’ 3 0 β’ view
Canada is so winning on everything β€οΈ Canada's rise as a strong, progressive, world leading nation is the silver lining of 47s fascism.
aug 28, 2025, 3:04 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
I can imagine how they pitched this... Wanna work with insurance that doesn't constantly get in the way of your medical expertise? Patients that you can actually help instead of see get chewed up by the "healthcare" industrial complex?
aug 28, 2025, 5:43 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
Brain drain underway. Professionals (medical, scientific, educational, industry, etc) who can leave, will leave. Our best and brightest will go work in other countriesβ¦
aug 28, 2025, 4:39 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
Now we are talking!
aug 28, 2025, 1:38 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
YesππΌππΌππΌππΌ
aug 28, 2025, 9:33 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
That's wonderful news for that province. I hope to hell mine does the same.
aug 28, 2025, 12:57 pm β’ 3 0 β’ view
Itβs a foregone conclusion that mine wonβt. CAQ govt is too short sighted, reactionary and incompetent. π‘ Happy for PEI though.
aug 28, 2025, 2:45 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
The US has seen a dramatic loss of expertise in research, academics and medicine as they are either fired or resign and move to other nations. And that's just in the last 7 months. Coincidentally, Donald Trump has been in office 7 months.
aug 28, 2025, 3:19 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
in 2021 they recruited 31 but only 7 stayed. Maybe this time the climate away from the USA dumpster fire will improve those odds in 2025
aug 29, 2025, 2:03 am β’ 1 0 β’ view
Can #ctvnews or any media ask Doug Ford if Ontario might be working on this little project? Where's Jane Fillpot? Wasn't she getting everyone a doctor as per more of his bullshite election promises. I can't even.....this man is a disgrace. #nevervoteconservative #FordFailedOntario #onpoli
aug 28, 2025, 4:46 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
Great news!
aug 28, 2025, 8:08 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
I guess if theyβre fleeing the US their political orientation should be sound. Good for PEI.
aug 28, 2025, 1:20 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
/2 Between Jan. 1, 2025 and July 22, 2025, P.E.I. says 26 new physicians signed agreements with the province and five of those physicians will be relocating to the Island from the United States.
aug 28, 2025, 11:43 am β’ 34 3 β’ view
I donβt understand, Cheryl. If only 5 are relocating to PEI - what agreement was made with the rest?
aug 28, 2025, 2:26 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
13 are already practicing, 5 are relocating and others will start next year when they move here
aug 28, 2025, 2:28 pm β’ 3 0 β’ view
Ah thanks! I missed that
aug 28, 2025, 2:30 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
you are welcome
aug 28, 2025, 2:35 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
/3 Thirteen of the physicians have already started practicing, seven are set to begin later this year, and the final six will start in 2026.
aug 28, 2025, 11:43 am β’ 31 2 β’ view
How does a registered nurse from MT apply?
aug 28, 2025, 3:05 pm β’ 6 0 β’ view
Here is a link for Canada and you can put your info here: www.nnas.ca
aug 28, 2025, 3:08 pm β’ 10 0 β’ view
Aaaah, thank you!π
aug 28, 2025, 9:32 pm β’ 0 0 β’ view
/2 link here for all details for PEI www.princeedwardisland.ca/en/informati...
aug 28, 2025, 3:08 pm β’ 5 0 β’ view
to which Province do you wish to apply?
aug 28, 2025, 3:06 pm β’ 2 0 β’ view
BC or anyone in which the majority voted for Carney. Don't want to live or work in a "Trumpian" atmosphere. Many of the Canadians we've met from Alberta seem.to be more Trumpy.
aug 28, 2025, 9:25 pm β’ 5 1 β’ view
Don't ask what happened to the "seem to be." Autocorrect is a pain.
aug 28, 2025, 9:26 pm β’ 1 0 β’ view
Way to go P.E.I. ππ»ππππ₯
aug 30, 2025, 3:39 am β’ 0 0 β’ view