In Lloydminster, a city on the Saskatchewan-Alberta boundary, Mayor Gerald Aalbers says doctors who want to work in his community are facing roadblocks.
After controlling for variables such as other patient demographics, geography or type of diagnosis, First Nations status was the only apparent explanation for the difference.
Health and regulatory lawyer Aly Háji, a former pharmacist and Ontario College of Pharmacists prosecutor, says a registrar's investigation into the pharmacists among Shoppers' top corporate ranks would be a good place to start.
