Political 'instability' a factor in move to Manitoba, says 1 of 6 docs recruited from U.S.

Dr. Arleigh Trainor says the main reasons for her impending move from the U.S. back to Manitoba are family, a career opportunity and a chance to practise medicine in Canada’s universal health-care system.

But the Manitoba-born emergency physician acknowledged "instability" following the change in U.S. government last November played a small role in her decision too.

She’s accepted a position to work in the emergency department in the southwestern Manitoba city of Brandon starting in February 2026.

"I am incredibly excited about it — number 1 to be coming home," Trainor told CBC in a Zoom interview from Sioux Falls, S.D., where she currently works as an emergency physician.

She’s one of six American doctors recently hired by Manitoba health officials as they ramp up recruitment effort