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Canada Should Work to Recruit Bilingual Health Workers, Senate Report Says
- The Canadian Senate committee on Official Languages recommends fast-tracking immigration and credential recognition for francophone and bilingual health-care workers in Canada to address language barriers in health care.
- Witnesses across the country reported difficulties accessing health care services in their own languages, including anglophones in Quebec and francophones elsewhere in Canada.
- The Senate report contains 14 recommendations for the government, including creating a national strategy for telemedicine and virtual care in minority language communities.
- Senator Allister Surette stated that despite health being a provincial matter, the federal government must intervene due to its authority over the Official Languages Act.
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Canada should work to recruit bilingual health workers, Senate report says
Breaking News, Sports, Manitoba, Canada
·Winnipeg, Canada
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Francophones outside Quebec and Anglo-Québécois who cannot access health services in their own language are at risk of having a negative impact on their health, according to a new report from the Senate. Senators ask the federal government to intervene.
·Montreal, Canada
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Total News Sources15
Leaning Left11Leaning Right0Center3Last UpdatedBias Distribution79% Left
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- 79% of the sources lean Left
79% Left
L 79%
C 21%
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