As Karen mentioned earlier, what it found was that even today, 35% of individuals who are Canadian-trained were having difficulties obtaining licensure when they moved from one jurisdiction to another. That statistic increased to 50%--one in two--for those who were foreign-trained.
Changes in particular occupations from province to province occur for many reasons. The Province of Ontario has recently changed educational requirements for nurses, so this has required the regulatory bodies for the three nursing professions to adjust. It requires that a mutual recognition agreement currently in place with many of the provinces be updated.
Because of the changes provincially in Ontario for nurses, will Alberta or Quebec continue to accept equivalencies for nurses? Can they somehow look at equivalencies and determine that, yes, they're still similar enough to ensure that the high standards each province wants to maintain are upheld?