Air33
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How do we know this is true? I'd say I actually lean slightly towards hiring visible minorities when I have the opportunity (dont accuse me of reverse discrimination please). There was a recent study that Canada tends to inflate the expectations of immigrants who often find their credentials aren't accepted here. While anecdotal, a case was presented of an immigrant senior-level civil engineer who couldn't find employment in Canada. In fact his experience had been supervising laboures who were digging ditches. I am not attempting to be funny. This man was misled, but so too are Canadians when they are constantly told that huge numbers of qualified highly educated immigrants are not finding work. I'd think that anyone here checking into a hospital would want certainty that their healthcare proffessional had been trained on up-to-date equipment and procedures etc.
I would say that a large portion of this issue lands squarely in the court of the government who lies about the opportunities available for these people (and those who immigrate here are for the most part skilled and have some $$) who end up driving cabs if they are engineers and cleaning if they are doctors.
This BS assumption that these people are not up-to-date on their standards is just an excuse to block them from lucrative work which is hard enough to break into. We have a known shortage of doctors in this province, and yet will still do not provide opportunities for these people to work in some capacity. The standards for medicine are high everywhere in the world. The problem is with the college of physicians and surgeons who are not only blocking more spaces from being created at local medical schools here, but also from keeping foreign professionals working in their same area.
Why? It keeps local physicians in high demand and extremely valuable. If you have too many of any professionals in the marketplace (doctor, lawyer, engineer, etc), their profession loses value. Keeping things in high demand is the way to ensure value for their membership.