Quebec Rejects Plea to Send Army to Northern Region Facing Health Worker Shortage

Quebec Rejects Plea to Send Army to Northern Region Facing Health Worker Shortage
The village of Inukjuak is seen on the shore of Hudson Bay May 12, 2022 in Inukjuak, Que. The Canadian Press/Adrian Wyld
The Canadian Press
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Quebec’s Health Department says it has rejected a request from officials in the northern region of Nunavik that the Armed Forces be brought in to help ease a shortage of health-care workers.

Kathleen Poulin, a spokeswoman for Nunavik Regional Board of Health, says labour shortages in the health sector are hitting Nunavik particularly hard due to the region’s “remoteness and its specific characteristics.”