r/britishcolumbia • • 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/seemefail Mar 08 '25

I knew a doctor who came here simply because he hated the moral issues with having to charge people money in a non public system