Health committee  You know, we have very strong human rights legislation in Canada, and it doesn't allow us to look at some cohorts differently than others. We have to look at individuals. We have standards in place and we have what we call the selection criteria, which can be made available to th

Health committee  There are slots for practise and there are slots to enter a residency. They are two different cohorts of doctors.

Health committee  The federal government has a significant role. For the last four years we have been harbouring under two sets of expectations. The first is the Agreement on Internal Trade. The changes to the chapter on labour mobility came into effect five years ago on April 1, 2009. These are f

Health committee  Thank you very much. Mr. Chair and committee members, I thank you for the opportunity to speak to you today on the issue of scopes of practice and skills training of health care professionals. The committee is to be congratulated for tackling this complex and difficult issue.

Health committee  Just a comment on the counselling when it looks as if medicine may not be a career. That is mentioned in the pan-Canadian framework as a role of the medical regulatory authorities. We suggested that while it's an important function, it's possibly not the role of the medical regul

Health committee  It's just a general comment to the committee to suggest that you may also benefit from hearing from the College of Family Physicians of Canada. I believe you have heard from them before. On their programs for context-specific eligibility routes to their certifying exams--and su

Health committee  Not at all. Before I went to the federation, I worked for the Canadian Medical Association for ten years, and we've been waiting for this for a very long time. Anything that helps guide the process, that guides the system, and that helps you manage resources that you need to pu

Health committee  Yes.

Health committee  I was going to give you the actual calculations, and then we realized that the way people were reporting provisional licences was a bit different from jurisdiction to jurisdiction. However, I did bring something with me from the registrar in Newfoundland and Labrador, Dr. Robert

Health committee  Yes, just briefly. We are working with the College of Family Physicians and the Royal College to see about recognizing foreign training. We have something in various jurisdictions called the fairness commissions, however, and that's something that could possibly work counter to

Health committee  We see physicians at the time of licensure. How they get into the system, or the access to residency positions, is not a role of the regulatory authorities.

Health committee  Thank you. While we have national exams and national accreditation for undergraduate, postgraduate, and continuing medical education activities across this country, the move to national standards for registration and licensure is new. That is going to help. That is a re-engineer

Health committee  Some of these international medical graduates should not be considering entering a residency, they should be entering provisional licensure practice. That's where we are now focusing our efforts. However, that is also extremely resource-intensive and capacity-intensive.

Health committee  Thank you. I think there are two things, and both of them are pretty similar to what Dr. Bowmer has already said. On the capacity issue, assessment in the country from which the IMG is applying to enter Canada is important, but it's also important to realize that there will be a

Health committee  Thank you very much, and thank you for the opportunity to represent some of the information we gave you on December 9 and to give you a bit of an update. I'm presenting today on behalf of the Federation of Medical Regulatory Authorities and its 13 members, which are the provinc