CBC News: The National. (2022). Why is it so hard to find a family doctor in Canada?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OU9CZRuOXBE

This news reports some challenges that family doctors face and the reasons for the shortage. Currently, 1 out of 5 Canadian does not have a family doctor. Essentially, family doctors run small businesses that deal with administration, pay overhead, and treat patients. Family doctors feel burnout, from 33% in 2017 to 57% in 2021. 

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Islam N. (2014). The dilemma of the physician shortage and international recruitment in Canada. International journal of health policy and management, 3(1), 29–32. 

https://doi.org/10.15171/ijhpm.2014.53

This article illustrates the dilemma of recruiting international medical graduates (IMGs) as a possible solution to the physician shortage in Canada. While recruiting IMGs could be a solution to increase the number of family physicians in Canada, especially in rural areas. However, there's an ethical aspect that should be considered. i.e. if it is ethically justified to recruit IMGs from countries suffering from acute shortages of trained physicians.

Lemire F. (2022). Addressing family physician shortages. Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien, 68(5), 392. https://doi.org/10.46747/cfp.6805392

The author suggested possible solutions to increase the number of family physicians, including modernizing the family practice model to support team-based care and improve the attractiveness of the practice environment.  

Government of Alberta. (n.d.). Physician resource planning.

https://www.alberta.ca/physician-resource-planning.aspx

Alberta Health's 2020-21 budget provided approximately $90 million to address the distribution of physicians through financial incentives, attraction and retention initiatives and rural medical education programs. 

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