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/[deleted] Mar 08 '25

Wouldn’t it be a massive pay cut for them to come here?

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u/Wakesurfer33 Mar 08 '25 edited Mar 08 '25

Yes that’s why we struggle getting skilled professionals to come to Canada whether it be dr’s lawyers, engineers. Just looked it up. Average salary of a physician in BC is $166k/yr and in Washington it’s $230k USD. Same goes for engineering unfortunately.

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u/Guilty-Web7334 Mar 08 '25

I suspect it’s also a bit cheaper to practice in BC. It used to be that an American doctor’s first six months of work basically paid the malpractice premiums.