The Ford government says it is seeing signs its work to poach health care professionals from the United States after President Donald Trump’s election is showing very early signs of progress.

In the spring, the government introduced changes to the registration rules governing physicians and nurses in Ontario , allowing them to work for up to six months while their qualifications transfer.

Early data suggests more doctors may be flocking to Ontario, although it’s unclear if nurses have taken the province up on its offer.

“There are clinicians, physicians and nurses who, for many reasons, are saying ‘Maybe now is the time to look at a different jurisdiction and a different country,'” Health Minister Sylvia Jones told Global News.

“We have seen, through the licensing, the College of N

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