The Ontario government has set aside $1.7m to help foreign-trained doctors to find work in the province, which is suffering under the nation-wide doctor shortage. There are many foreign-trained doctors in Canada who do not yet have licensing.

Is this seriously the first time this idea has occurred to anybody in government? Let’s see, we have a terrible shortage of doctors. We have loads of foreign doctors in this country, who can’t work only because we say they can’t. What could the solution be? The answer, evidently, thudded into the dull brains of Ontario officials with the speed of molasses on a January day in Yellowknife. What’s the next revelation - turn on the lights when it gets dark? Is there anybody who still believes that government is competent enough to run a faucet?

Province to spend $1.7M to help foreign doctors

The Ontario government will spend $1.7 million over the next three years to make it easier for foreign-trained doctors to work in the province.

Of the two programs announced yesterday, one helps internationally trained physicians prepare for the exam that kicks off a lengthy licensing process while the other offers those who don’t qualify a chance to retrain for health-related careers.