More Doctors, still poor access: Why Canada’s care gap persists?

Physician supply has outpaced population growth and age-adjusted demand, yet access to medical care remains strained because governments updated Canada Pension Plan revenues for aging boomers — but never modernized medical-care funding. 

A new report from the Generation Squeeze Lab at UBC challenges one of Canada’s most common health-care narratives: that long wait times are the result of a “doctor shortage.” Dr. Paul Kershaw, lead author and professor at UBC, joins host Rishi Nagar.