The Ford government is introducing controversial changes that will require the province's medical schools to prioritize 95 per cent of undergraduate …
The Ford government is introducing controversial changes that will require the province's medical schools to prioritize 95 per cent of undergraduate seats for Ontario residents. will, if passed, bar international students from attending medical schools throughout the province, Premier Doug Ford announced on Friday.
"There was 18 per cent of students from around the world taking our kids' seats and then not even staying here and going back to their country, and it's just not right," Ford said at a news conference. "So now it's going to be 100 per cent Canadian, 95 per cent Ontario." "We are going to prioritize Ontario residents because those are our taxpayers that are paying those students to go to school," added Health Minister Sylvia Jones. for 1,360 eligible undergraduate students who commit to practicing family medicine with a full roster of patients once they graduate.
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