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 Nurses and the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, increased calls — ‘How does it work? How can we get licensed?’ — And of course, now, we’ve also seen the numbers going up.”

“People don’t like uncertainty in their career and in their area of expertise,” Jones said. “If they see that there is signals from the White House, from the president, that is going to make their job more challenging or eliminate it, then clearly they are going to be looking elsewhere. And we’ve got the door open.”