This story has been around for a while. I had the sense that this is fairly commonplace in Montreal.
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/02/21/montreal-doctors-taking-bribes_n_1292511.html
http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2012/02/21/montreal-doctors-taking-bribes_n_1292511.html
Two Montreal cardiologists are facing disciplinary action over allegations they received hefty kickbacks to push patients to the top of the waiting list, the Quebec College of Physicians says.