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The changes mean internationally educated nurses will no longer be required to pay application and assessment fees upfront, which can be over $3,700.

All physician licensing authorities continue to state it is acceptable for physicians can keep records either on paper or electronically, notes health writer Pat Rich.

The whole issue of suicide prevention has been shockingly absent from many of these discussions, including those with key medical associations.

Justice Minister David Lametti said during a news conference that the government has heard concerns the healthcare system might not be prepared to handle those complicated cases.

The two roles have more in common than one might think, he told the graduates.

Revelations that some Canadian veterans have been offered medically assisted deaths while seeking help from the federal government are adding to worries about Ottawa's plans to expand such procedures.