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Layton Touts Plan

Posted on Monday, February 19 at 10:20 by Rural
"The tragic fact is that we lure people to come here, we give them points for their experience, and their professional credentials," Mr. Layton said, speaking in front of Toronto's Union Station. "They tell their families that 'Canada wants us as doctors, accountants, engineers, experts' . . . they come here and the doors are simply closed." The NDP will put forward a seven-step plan that will make it easier for immigrants to get their foreign degrees and designations recognized. Its plan calls for the creation of an agency for the recognition of foreign credentials, the establishment of uniform recognition practices across the country, websites to publicize accreditation processes, and more mentorship and training programs for newcomers. http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070219.LAYTON19/TPStory/National [Proofreader's note: this article was edited for spelling and typos on February 21, 2007]

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  1. by avatar Jacob
    Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:05 pm
    "Immigrants hoping to relocate to this country are ranked and given points according to their skills and professional background. But those skills and professions often go unrecognized when they arrive here."

    This is quite true and very sad. I personally had not problem with my registration as professional engineer when coming to (Alberta) Canada, because of a British Commonwealth treaty among professional engineering associations. But I know that many very qualified people from other countries came and had to redo almost all their studies. This is still continuing.

    One civil engineer I know who only needed to be interviewed (in BC) was asked such very basic questions that he blurted out: "I learnt all those things in High School".

    The same with other professions. Particularly the medical / dental and legal professions have been very "closed shop". How many taxi drivers and janitors have you known who had those qualifications?

  2. by avatar Jacob
    Tue Feb 20, 2007 9:10 pm
    And then there was the foreign structural engineer in BC who had taken several Masters level courses in the US and was required to have all his diplomas and complete curriculum information translated from French into English because the APEGBC could not read French. I suggested (this was in 1991) that he temporarily relocate to Quebec or bilingual New Brunswick to register there..........

    What a waste - over many decades.



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