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Sorry I assumed it was a law since it appears they cannot practice medicine without meeting the requirment. It's like here, you must have a license to practice, and with that license comes certain minimal requirements that must be met. To practice without approval here is illegal.
Oh. I see what you mean. Yes, they have to have a license but that license is approved by the gov't. And the requirements usually, AFAIK, involve a certain period of residency and having appropriate degrees. Now if they have these they still do not get to practise. What the gov't says is that the degree(s) from other countries isn't valid nor is the years of practise/residency or the fact that you've done this elsewhere.
Speaking from an American perspective. That says to me your system does not want medical nor engineering professionals from outside Canada. The actions are prohibitive. Is that racially motivated? And does that apply everywhere or just in Toronto? Do provinces have say in the requirement or is it national? I am just curious as always about Canada.
AFAIK, this is practised across Canada. In fact, I'm facing an interesting problem. I'm looking at getting a Master's degree online. The only way the college will recognize it is if it's done by an "Accredited" university. So that means heavy research into what the "system" considers accredited. When it comes to medical professionals, I think this is where the "prohibition" comes from. This is largely because they cannot guarantee that someone that received a degree say from Serbia is on the same level as someone who went to U of T or Harvard. Race doesn't have anything to do with it. Setting standards does.
I can understand some of it. But I think they are hindering themselves hugely because they've lost a lot of doctors and nurses to the US and haven't done anything to prevent the "brain drain" from happening (low salaries is one issue I believe).
I see, thanks for the info :) When I said race I meant directed from a particular country, like you mentioned Serbia. Not nessessarily particular racial groups. For instance, perhaps in the past there have been problems with people coming from, as a random example, India; who do not meet requirements. I still don't see how a good board inquiry couldn't determine basic qualifications. There are medical schools in South America that are a joke, for instance and you wouldn't want to enter them into a contract to practice. Perhaps this is an example of a good decision meant to protect the system could actually harm it in a longevity sense?
And I thought I was being shafted only making 60k a year to fix cars.
Years ago, while in Canada, I came across many from the engineering field and they told the same story, namely, the various societies running the recognition of their respective charter would accept their foreign credentials. MSmittens is right it is not a racial thing.