The overburdened healthcare system is frequently an election issue in many Canadian provinces
This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy.Canada’s effort to fast-track careers of foreign-trained doctors to meet growing patient numbers during the COVID-19 pandemic has resulted in only about two dozen licenses approved in Ontario and none in British Columbia, according to medical colleges in both provinces.
Immigrant doctors and their advocates say this is because requirements for the new license categories did almost nothing to allow more physicians to apply, and the licenses were poorly communicated to both applicants and hospitals. Ontario doctors face a similar situation, said Ahmad Al-Khatib, 33, an Iraqi who practised in the United Arab Emirates before coming to Canada four years ago.
Even in Alberta, which has had a pathway similar to that in British Columbia for over 10 years, the challenges are steep.
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