Educators raise alarm just as federal government dismisses physicians’ concerns about capital-gains tax
Medical-school leaders are raising the alarm over their students’ declining interest in providing traditional cradle-to-grave primary care at a moment when the country is desperate for more family doctors.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland dismissed those complaints Tuesday, saying physicians are at the “very, very top” of the income scale and so can afford to pay more taxes. The federal government’s comments mischaracterize the lives of doctors on the front lines who are not among Canada’s multimillionaires, said Canadian Medical Association president Kathleen Ross, who is also a family physician in B.C.
While the proposed changes to capital-gains taxes are most likely to affect doctors at the end of their careers, those just starting out look at the financial situation of their older peers when deciding what type of medicine to practise. Ontario has successfully filled most vacancies in the second round of matching in the past, but Dr. Park said the first-round data are the latest sign that medical students are souring on family practice.nationwide after the final round, the most in at least a decade. The majority were in Quebec. The Canadian Resident Matching Service that in 2023, 30.
Medical-school leaders in other parts of Canada acknowledged the challenge of persuading graduates to choose traditional family practice, but said their institutions are working hard to make the discipline more appealing.
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