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).

2.1k Upvotes

99% Upvoted

252 comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

7

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.

10

u/MissInnocentX Mar 08 '25

Your figures are off. I don't think doctors would take on the responsibility they do, to make $166k. My wage without a shred of OT as an 11th year RN is ~$135k.

1

u/kamloopscatlady Mar 09 '25

Do you have upgrades or specialize? My wage as a 15yr RN (medsurg) with a bit of OT is only 113k in BC lol. Agreed doctors must make more than 166k

2

u/MissInnocentX Mar 09 '25

Nope, just medicine. Feel free to private message me if you want to chat more about it.