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Originally Posted by Codes
One beef that many immigrants had (and I agree with them) was when professionals (engineers, doctors etc) did not realize (or realize how much it would cost) to certify their credentials to Canadian standards. Apparently it is quite expensive to undertake the recertitifcation process and examinations. While I agree it's important to ensure that these skills are legitimate and up to our standards, the process shouldn't be hellish, and it shouldn't result in doctors working as janitors, and engineers working as mechanics.
It was a sad combination of naiivity and poor research that often lead to alot of these negative outcomes.
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Trust me, there are very, very good reasons why the recertification standards for doctors are so thorough. It's very challenging and resource intensive to maintain a quality medical teaching program, especially over the length of time required for each trainee. The overwhelming amount of IMG's (international medical graduates) come from countrys lacking that kind of medical/educational infrastructure - why do you think they want to immigrate here in the first place? Sadly, the result by our standards is incompetence, because their formative training and subsequent practice standards were so poor. If they are truly good enough, they shouldn't have any trouble passing our exams, and these supposed 'financial barriers' are purely transient.
Not being an engineer I can't comment first hand, but I do know I want the bridges/buildings/etc I use to have been designed by someone certifiably competent.