CBC, July 15, 2010 Québec is injecting $117 million to train 500 front-line nurse practitioners by 2018, in an effort to increase access to primary health care. Québec is injecting $117 million to train 500 front-line nurse practitioners by 2018, in an effort to increase access to primary health care. The province only has 25 so-called "supernurses" on the ground - well behind Ontario's estimated 1,900 nurse practitioners. Nurse practitioners have a graduate degree and can prescribe medication and provide prenatal care. ... Québec