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Originally Posted by GreenTeaFrapp
But it's a zero sum game. If Alberta starts doing it then the other provinces, when they can't keep doctors, will start doing the same. When that happens, the number of doctors will be the same and only people with money will get better care.
I also don't think that competing with the US for doctors on the basis of salary will work out well. Especially when many might choose to move to the US because of other factors, like warmer weather.
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Of course it's a zero-sum game. But what do I care about Manitoba and New Brunswick?
Alberta benefits. Albertans have more money if they try match, so, again, we come out ahead.
Again, I didn't say all doctors/nurses will stop going to the US. I said "some". Given that most of us assume that quality of life is better here, allowing people to earn more here will certainly keep some of them from leaving. Obviously, those moving to Oklahoma because they love tornadoes will still leave.