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At the recommendation of the Community Health Care Task Force, the Physician Recruitment Committee, which was first created in 2001 after the catchment area known as \u201cBrant,\u201d which includes Brantford, County of Brant and Six Nations of the Grand River, was designated as an \u201cunderserviced area\u201d by the provincial government. Since 2002, the City of Brantford has supported Community Physician Recruitment with an annual financial allocation and each year, an agreement is executed between the parties outlining the amount of funding and its intended purpose. 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At the recommendation of the Community Health Care Task Force, the Physician Recruitment Committee, which was first created in 2001 after the catchment area known as \u201cBrant,\u201d which includes Brantford, County of Brant and Six Nations of the Grand River, was designated as an \u201cunderserviced area\u201d by the provincial government. Since 2002, the City of Brantford has supported Community Physician Recruitment with an annual financial allocation and each year, an agreement is executed between the parties outlining the amount of funding and its intended purpose. 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