I believe every IMG expects to take some exams. I have never heard any colleague ask why they examine us. I think I'm more qualified to examine the Medical Council of Canada, but that's my personal opinion. I'm an immigrant, and I should abide by the rules. I don't think it is fair. I don't think it is square.
As I mentioned, it favours Canadian students because they collect the questions, and again this is another well-known fact that all of the medical students here know. But the issue is if there were a rule of law, at least we would have had an equal place to compete.
Some provinces allow you to participate in the match, some don't; some places first iteration, some places second iteration. In Alberta it's really strange, they just tell you you have to wait until their own homegrown system does something.