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The fact that more and more Canadians have been complaining about the quality of medical care is not unexpected. What was surprising was the extent of this problem. In the last ten years, the number of complaints was approximately four times higher in Quebec than the rest of Canada.

The increase in complaints over this period has coincided with the rise in the number of private doctors and a significant number of hospital and physician offices across the country have closed down, and are now run by out-of-province companies. This has resulted in a drop in the total number of doctors who practice in Quebec compared to the rest of Canada, while the number of private doctors has been on the rise. The situation is even more dramatic when it comes to the number of Canadian doctors who have retired, many of whom have taken up positions as specialists in their home provinces. In comparison, according to Statistics Canada, there are about 4,000 American doctors and less than 5,000 Canadian doctors.

In other words, in Canada, we already have more than twice as many doctors as there are people. In Canada, we are already the largest country in the world in terms of the number of physicians working. This decline in the number of doctors is the result of increasing medical costs and the resulting pressure on the American health care system for resources. If we look at the United States, we find that our physicians are already at their lowest level in over four decades, according to the most recent National Physicians Survey.