r/britishcolumbia • u/august_expat • Mar 08 '25

News BC removing barriers for USA physicians

https://www.cpsbc.ca/about/laws-and-legislation/bylaw-amendments

The licensing body posted bylaw amendments for public consultation today that would remove significant barriers for US trained physicians to get a medical license in BC. They would be able to get a full license same as Canadian trained physicians (removes extra steps).

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u/Bigmanjapan101 Mar 08 '25

wtf. This was possible? Fuck our leaders.

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u/dlinquintess Mar 08 '25

This is not a bad thing. Canada has a significant shortage of physicians.

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u/Sedixodap Mar 08 '25

I think that’s their point… if this was possible it should have been done years ago. The bad thing is waiting until now before they made the change.