Citizenship and Immigration committee  It basically boils down to having more preceptors. The residents have to be attached to a preceptor. If those preceptors are not available to take residents with them for the training, that reflects the shortage of preceptors. That's also a burning issue. The more preceptors ther

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Yes.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  I really appreciate that there is a common awareness of these issues. I think that needs to be dealt with efficiently by the federal government playing that role.

Citizenship and Immigration committee  You have asked a very good question. It has been a burning issue recently. We had 66 residency positions allocated to the Alberta IMG residency program. That was reduced to 40 this year. So some people who already have their LMCC certification--the certificate you get from the M

Citizenship and Immigration committee  Thank you very much. As you know, I am from IMGA. It is a non-profit organization that was begun in the year 2000. There are more than 600 IMGs currently in Alberta who have acquired their medical degree from various parts of the world. Canada is not fully conversant with the e