The shortage in doctors is not going to go away soon, for avoidable and unavoidable reasons.
The editorial states that the Colleges are protecting their own members from foreign competition. Rather, they are simply doing what they have been forced to do by Canadian Human Rights tribunals, which is to treat all foreign doctors equally. Rather than asking Premier David Eby to confront so-called vested interests, ask him to provide the resources to assess and upgrade more foreign-trained doctors who wish to practice in Canada.We’re paying the price for medical cost-cutting Re: “All those obstacles are hurting our health care,” editorial, June 2.
There was no need for “turf protection” since many doctors were closing their practices , and the HMOs in the U.S.A. were recruiting Canadian family physicians at an alarming rate. Money could be saved by not increasing spaces in medical schools, decreasing hospital beds, and not being concerned about the drain of doctors and nurses to the United States.
Following three years practice here, the College of Physicians and Surgeons demanded that he re-write professional examinations in all medical disciplines. How does she know this? She hasn’t said what this opinion is based upon, and I must assume there is no evidence to support it, since the board also asks the provincial government to research the issue in the hopes that such evidence might appear.
To me it looks as if ideology has taken the place of common sense, and it is the kids and the community in general who will suffer.Conflicting views about safety in our schools Go figure! In the same week that schools are reporting that street gangs based in Vancouver are actively recruiting kids in schools all over the Capital Regional District, the Greater Victoria School Board decided to end the police school liaison program.
It defies logic, in my mind, why those overseeing the well-being of students in our schools make such a ridiculous decision – and unanimous.A positive influence in local schools Please tell me there were other reasons behind the Greater Victoria School Board decision to get rid of school liaison officers.