Free doctor training

Canada has a major problem where we do not have enough doctors. My understanding of this is that it costs more than 100K to train to be a doctor, and this is way out of reach for most people.
The solution then is simple, make Doctor education courses free. Let the government pay all those bills. In 7 years the doctor crisis will be over.

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rogy33 · New

I love that idea!
I've briefly lived in Italy. Up to this year (2025) students had to pass a general knowledge quiz before starting Medicine and medical science courses, with questions that didn't have anything to do with Medicine (such as history and literature).
Now the Italian government has scrapped this test because of scarcity of doctors and nurses. They introduced the "student culling" after the first year of Medicine.
But... forget student loans, maintenance loans and free fees if you want to study there. In Italy students pay for everything. There are bursaries of course, but that's all...