From: highbourne@rogers.com 
  
 > Where do you get this stuff? I live in the Greater Toronto Area 
 > so the people your talking about are my neighbours. Many of them 
 > are highly qualified in their native country but delivering pizza 
 > because they can't get certified to work by the Canadian 
 > professional associations. This is of course the necesary 
 > prequiste for employment in Canada and in the military. Many set 
 > off to complete the procedures set up by their professional 
 > bodies but historically the barrier has been set so high that few 
 > pass over it. This has become an issue particularly in this time 
 > of shortage of MD's. 
 > 
 > Allen 
 > 
  
 So what you are saying is that we should lower the standards for our Doctors 
 and other professionals just because they are immigrants?  Who would you 
 pick to be your family Dr then, the Canadian trained one or the immigrant 
 who got to practice in Canada at a lower standard of professionalism and 
 knowledge?  I have travelled the world more then enough to know that in some 
 countries one could buy a Dr's degree for as little as $15,000 US.  I think 
 our standards are just fine where they are and if someone cannot pass them 
 then so be it. 
  
 I personally have a friend who was trained as a Vet (DVM) overseas and then 
 moved to the US.  He passed and practiced in Florida before moving to Boston 
 and working there for a very short time before coming to Canada.  He goes to 
 Montreal every year and writes the exams to be accredited to open an animal 
 clinic in Canada but just can't pass the tests.  He has never complained 
 that our tests are too hard and has noted that those in the US are much 
 easier. 
  
 Personally, I'd go with the person who had to meet the higher standards 
 whether I was getting treatment for me, my family or my animals. 
  
 There was also a woman on the news a month or two ago complaining that she 
 was a well respected Judge in her old country but that she couldn`t pass the 
 bar exams here in Canada.  Too bad I say.  Learn the laws here and how to 
 practice here and then pass and work. 
  
 Anyway, this is a sore topic for me so I will end my rant now before I piss 
 off too many people who dont want to hear what I have to say about it all. 
  
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