Canada Healthcare takes center stage in the 2025 Federal Election

Published: 29 Apr 2025

Author: Precedence Research

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Canada’s healthcare sector faces various crises. The most highlighted concern is the limited healthcare providers and medical school graduates. Canada comes under the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the main constraint for the healthcare sector in Canada is funding. Related to which the country lacks organization of publicly funded healthcare programs. Recently, during Canada’s federal elections 2025, Canada’s healthcare sector discussed the crisis and required initiatives to be taken into consideration. Most of the population lacks a family doctor, affecting the emergency department.

The solutions at the commission were introduced as a licensing streamlining and an increase number of healthcare providers (doctors). The CMA specified that, to survive economically healthy population is important to sustain competition and encourage immigration reform to captivate healthcare professionals to fill the requirement of doctors and nurses. Jhanvi Joshi, a student at Fredericton, New Brunswick, noticed a population of Canadians with no access to primary care. Above 6.5 million Canadians don’t have a primary care provider.

The currently released Health Canada report discloses the shortage of 22,823 family health providers (physicians) in the country, which has worsened the current status due to a lack of medical school graduates and an increased geriatric population. Despite the economy and trade of the country, specifically dominating federal programs, the healthcare sector has appeared to apply certain improvements, announcing upcoming plans. The promising plans are such as expanding medical colleges, adding new doctors, and improving the infrastructure and educational (study) quality of colleges. Additionally, the licensing system will be approached for healthcare professionals, and an investment of around $4 billion will be initiated for the building and redevelopment of clinics and hospitals. Also, the country is aiming to add 15,000 doctors by 2030 under the health transfer agreement by contributing to the Blue Seal Program that will provide a license to trained experts. 

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President of the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), Dr. Joss Reimer, says that the country is aware of the gaps in the system and accordingly is working towards the economy of the country to fight back against the US at the global level. The country is in conflict for a healthy population to compete in a certain market, to help the country grow economically. 

As, noticed the limitations and prediction of falls in healthcare providers and nurses, the president of CMA suggests government develop a license process and streamline immigration, resembling an approachable country attracting US Doctors. 

The immediate action for the country’s health sector underlies a campaign called ‘Fighting for care’ by the Canadian Medical Association.