Canadian Healthcare. Thank you to the liberals for trying to keep it adequately

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7. Indeed, and I wish the govt would take over credentialing, like in the US

Having Private, for profit businesses acting as credentialing gate keepers, especially with foreign trained healthcare professionals, is part of the problem.

My wife had 27 years experience as a Clinical Laboratory Scientist in California, 10 of those years as head of her hospital’s blood bank, but CLMS made her jump through hoops for three years, taking distance learning courses in Alberta, and then taking their licensure exam which she, of course, passed easily. Only then could she apply for a job in a Canadian laboratory.

A more sensible solution would be to grant someone like her provisional credentials, with the requirement to complete training/coursework within a certain time frame. Same with nurses and doctors whose training might be slightly different than Canada’s.