Lobby Wrap: A health-care staffing startup has signed up to lobby. It comes as a shortage of health-care workers — and the staffing agencies that have popped up during the pandemic to fill the gaps — is a hot topic of public policy discussion.
A health-care staffing startup has signed up to lobby the federal government.
Canadian Health Labs, represented by the Porter O’Brien Agency Inc., is “seeking opportunities for Canadian Health Labs to deliver health-care services on behalf of the federal government or its agencies.” The company describes itself as “a mobile health-care provider under contract to provide health-care services for various public and private sector organizations throughout Canada.” It recruits health-care workers by
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