Changes to Labour Market Opinion Process Costly and Potential Risk to Foreign Physician Employment for Canadian Communities in Need
Recently, the federal government announced sweeping changes to the Temporary Foreign Worker (TFW) program. Most significant are a 300% cost increase to employers and the deletion of the Labour Market Opinion (LMO) with the new Labour Market Impact Assessment (LMIA) and Transition Plan. The purpose of the new LMIA application is essentially the same as […]
Ottawa doctor who caused a public health scare has agreed never to practise medicine again
Christiane Farazli, doctor who sparked health scare, reprimanded An Ottawa doctor who caused a public health scare in 2011 after her endoscopy clinic failed a health inspection has agreed never to practise medicine again. Dr. Christiane Farazli was publicly reprimanded Thursday by the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons for disregarding the safety of patients […]
Announcing David Nurse, CanAm’s Newest Physician Recruiter
John Philpott, CEO, CanAm Physician Recruiting Inc. is pleased to announce that David Nurse has joined the CanAm team as our newest Physician Recruiter. David will be working closely with me and eventually taking over all recruitment work for the province of Nova Scotia. David brings his legal skills and over a decade of experience advising […]
U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in Canada
This U.S. legislation aims to prevent offshore tax evasion by U.S. persons. If you are a US citizen or Green Card holder working outside the USA, you need to click on the link and read this NOW! FATCA is coming into force on July 1. Here is a new article by RBC Wealth Management about FATCA in […]
Foreign doctors welcome in Alberta
It’s pretty hard to sympathize with the College of Physicians and Surgeons over their concerns about the 145 foreign doctors who have been brought in to work in walk-in clinics in Calgary and Edmonton in the past two years. Anyone who has spent three, four and even five hours sitting in a walk-in clinic waiting […]
USA Doctors Migrating North to Canada
With the prospect of greater pay, fewer bureaucratic headaches and the opportunity to provide better care for patients, the number of American doctors migrating north is rising, according to Canadian recruiters and Canadian Medical Association data. Susan Craig, president of the Toronto-based physician recruiter, Susan Craig Associates, said that Canada is becoming “increasingly attractive,” while […]
Alberta College concerned about number of IMGs at walk-in clinics.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Alberta is concerned about the number of foreign-trained doctors coming to Alberta to work at walk-in clinics. The CPSA noted that 145 IMGs have been sponsored to work at clinics in the province over the past two years, most of which are in Edmonton and Calgary—even though there […]
Summit tackles MD employment issues, seeks national response
Canada’s major medical organizations have committed to ongoing efforts to solve the unemployment and underemployment problems facing some newly trained physicians, particularly in hospital-based specialties such as orthopedic surgery. The commitment was contained in a joint statement issued following the National Physician Employment Summit, a mid-February gathering in Ottawa that attracted more than 100 representatives […]
More doctors without jobs as Canadians face long wait times
Published: February 17, 2014, 4:32 pm OTTAWA — More than 100 stakeholders in the medical profession are gathering in Ottawa this week to discuss a paradoxical issue affecting health care in Canada: a growing number of doctors without jobs. The National Summit on Physician Employment, to be held Tuesday and Wednesday, was organized by the Royal […]
A doctor planning a move to Canada? Planning to hire a foreign doctor? BEWARE!!!
Employers recruiting foreign physicians are finding that ignorance of changing Canadian government regulations can be a very costly mistake – and a heartbreaker for foreign doctors and their families…. The increasing complexity associated with the pathways that foreign physicians must follow to legally start work in Canada is now littered with veritable regulatory landmines. Stringent […]
