When dozens of hospital patients were evacuated by military flight out of Yellowknife as the wildfires approached in the summer of 2023, the doctors who accompanied them couldn’t care for their patients once the aircraft landed, because they didn’t have licences to practise in British Columbia or other jurisdictions.

The Canadian Medical Association has long pushed for a 'pan-Canadian approach' as part of the response to the health workforce crisis.{ai:summary}<p>During the summer of 2023, military flights evacuated hospital patients from Yellowknife due to approaching wildfires. However, the accompanying doctors were unable to provide care upon landing in British Columbia, as they lacked the necessary licenses to practice in that jurisdiction. #health</p>

Canada's doctors can't practise anywhere in the country due to interprovincial barriers

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