from nearly 40 health organizations representing nurses, physicians, respiratory therapists, personal support workers, psychologists and educational institutions. We knew then that we were collectively experiencing a health human resources, or HHR, crisis. We recently met again with close to 40

review of the regulatory provincial territorial legislative barriers to the mobility and deployment of health human resources under the CFTA and whether the CFTA is now meeting its initial goals. 5) Funding a pilot project to promote interprovincial license recognition The CMA proposes

are focused on an increase in unconditional federal dollars. We believe that more strategic federal investments are required now to support rebuilding health care delivery in Canada. ● First, we need federal leadership for pan-Canadian, integrated health human resources planning. An intergovernmental

[the 2015 Joint Position Paper on Rural Surgery and Operative Delivery] describes the “network model” as a health human resources solu- tion to meet the surgical needs, including operative delivery, of rural residents.1 The Joint Position Paper on Rural Surgery and Operative Delivery, published in 2015

for the establishment of a coordinated national approach toward physician resource planning and an appropriately responsive undergraduate and postgraduate education system. CMA supports supply- and demand- projection models for health human resources using standardized approaches. National specialty societies

A Doctor for Every Canadian – Better Planning for Canada’s Health Human Resources The Canadian Medical Association’s brief to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Human Resources, Skills and Social