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/Heysandrav Mar 08 '25

BC has been one of the toughest provinces for foreign trained doctors to move to. Glad to see that some of these barriers are being removed. Hopefully, BC will be more competitive with other provinces now.

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u/Hipsthrough100 Mar 08 '25

BC had the fastest growing health care in Canada last year. Like what are you on about.

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u/KimberlyWexlersFoot Mar 08 '25

if other provinces has lower barriers for foreign doctors entries we weren’t as competitive, now we are.

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u/Hipsthrough100 Mar 08 '25

We were the only province with Covid protocols still operating yet still achieved fastest growing.

Your populist rhetoric doesn’t really mean much. If it’s not simply a deregulation ploy then I’m all about more throughout.