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Originally Posted by Rathji
This.
I worked in a meat packing plant for 15 years and the number of engineers and other professionally trained people who worked beside me because their degrees were not recognized was astonishing.
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I am curious how many of them worked with APEGGA to have their accreditation approved. It is an onerous process but APEGGA has exams you can write to validate your knowledge if you can't prove the validity of your education.
I am not sure what everyone else thinks should happen but I don't think we should hand out a permit to practice based on the anecdotal evidence of I used to be an engineer/doctor in my home country. In Canada the term Engineer implies a certain level of education, training and responsibility and I think it is important to maintain that. The same goes with doctors, lawyers, land surveyors and other professions.
Heck, if someone came over who used to be a police officer in their home country does anyone think we should give them a gun and a badge without any testing or training to make sure they know the Canadian laws and procedures.