A nurse was suspended for 15 months after his professional association found him guilty of stealing heavy opiates and working under their influence at two Montreal hospitals.
Some of Britain's best-known hospitals are being lined up by the UK government to export the "NHS brand" around the world and set up profit-making branches overseas to boost their incomes.
Nurses continue to be in high demand throughout Canada, due to a national shortage of qualified workers. Nowhere is this need for nurses more pronounced than in Quebec.