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End discrimination of int'lly trained doctors
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“A Canadian is a Canadian” say our prime minister and deputy prime minister.
This is a lie that needs to be made true.
Canadian citizens and permanent residents who are Internationally Trained Physicians (CITP) do not have equal opportunity, equal rights, nor equal worth/respect when it comes to licensing to serve the people in Canada who need us.
Even after meeting or exceeding the national standards set for medical knowledge and clinical skills, we CITPs still face systemic government discrimination which:
a. Prohibits us from competing for 90% of the entry level jobs (residency positions) in Canada for which we are qualified;
b. In most provinces, restricts us to a few disciplines in which we can be licensed-- generally the lower paying disciplines such as family medicine, internal medicine, and psychiatry;
c. Denies CITP Specialists the opportunities to practice available to others;
d. Requires us to pay for the opportunity to be licensed through contracts of servitude, euphemistically called return of service contracts
More details about the discrimination are available here .
It is time to GIVE AN EQUAL CHANCE TO ALL DOCTORS.
Canadians need more doctors. Canadians need more doctors who reflect the diversity of our communities.
Canadians deserve the best doctors.
Isn’t it time Canada hires resident physicians on the basis of a person’s knowledge and skills, not on the country of their medical degree?
Canadian on Paper Society for Immigrant Physicians for Equality (COPSIPE) asks all Canadians, to insist that the law which gives every Canadian citizen and permanent the right to equal opportunity be enforced. Forcing international graduates who are citizens and permanent residents of Canada to sign return of service contracts when those who have had their education subsidized by the taxpayer have no similar obligation is discriminatory and unfair.
Help COPSIPE support the human rights case taken by five brave immigrant physicians to GIVE AN EQUAL CHANCE TO ALL DOCTORS. The lawyer retained is one of the best human rights lawyers in the country. She is also supported by a great team of lawyers.
This is a David and Goliath fight. Every dollar will enter the fight.
COPSIPE will ensure that every dollar we receive will work to build the Canada we believe in, where a Canadian is a Canadian-- for real.
To learn more about COPSIPE and their goals and purposes visit our website .
Here are a few short videos illustrating the voices of some CITPs.
This is a lie that needs to be made true.
Canadian citizens and permanent residents who are Internationally Trained Physicians (CITP) do not have equal opportunity, equal rights, nor equal worth/respect when it comes to licensing to serve the people in Canada who need us.
Even after meeting or exceeding the national standards set for medical knowledge and clinical skills, we CITPs still face systemic government discrimination which:
a. Prohibits us from competing for 90% of the entry level jobs (residency positions) in Canada for which we are qualified;
b. In most provinces, restricts us to a few disciplines in which we can be licensed-- generally the lower paying disciplines such as family medicine, internal medicine, and psychiatry;
c. Denies CITP Specialists the opportunities to practice available to others;
d. Requires us to pay for the opportunity to be licensed through contracts of servitude, euphemistically called return of service contracts
More details about the discrimination are available here .
It is time to GIVE AN EQUAL CHANCE TO ALL DOCTORS.
Canadians need more doctors. Canadians need more doctors who reflect the diversity of our communities.
Canadians deserve the best doctors.
Isn’t it time Canada hires resident physicians on the basis of a person’s knowledge and skills, not on the country of their medical degree?
Canadian on Paper Society for Immigrant Physicians for Equality (COPSIPE) asks all Canadians, to insist that the law which gives every Canadian citizen and permanent the right to equal opportunity be enforced. Forcing international graduates who are citizens and permanent residents of Canada to sign return of service contracts when those who have had their education subsidized by the taxpayer have no similar obligation is discriminatory and unfair.
Help COPSIPE support the human rights case taken by five brave immigrant physicians to GIVE AN EQUAL CHANCE TO ALL DOCTORS. The lawyer retained is one of the best human rights lawyers in the country. She is also supported by a great team of lawyers.
This is a David and Goliath fight. Every dollar will enter the fight.
COPSIPE will ensure that every dollar we receive will work to build the Canada we believe in, where a Canadian is a Canadian-- for real.
To learn more about COPSIPE and their goals and purposes visit our website .
Here are a few short videos illustrating the voices of some CITPs.