Bank of Canada senior deputy governor Carolyn Rogers gave a speech in Halifax on Tuesday in which she sounded the alarm on Canada’s flagging productivity rates.
It really is. There’s no good reason for the world’s most educated country (by a reasonable margin) to be like this. The bad reason is that we’re so damn bad at anti-trust, and so our market is stuffed with oligopolies that just coast. Is there any news on the revamped competition act?
This article is a lot better than I expected, since it’s not blaming us regular people for not working hard enough.
Rogers pointed to a lack of competition across Canada’s industries as not driving companies to invest.
Canada is also “too often” failing to make proper use of skilled newcomers joining the labour pool, she said, which has major implications for productivity rates.
As someone with a chronic condition, I have had issues with doctors who were trained in other countries before emmigrating. I had one GP who tried to fail my driver’s medical and withhold my license by directly contradicting my specialist, who is also on the board that defines the standard the GP was using to deny my license. There must have been other complaints as well because her practice didn’t last long.
Not to say they shouldn’t be allowed to practice here, but they should need to at least take some kind of course to make sure they know and follow Canadian standards.
My friend’s dad was a doctor in Saudi Arabia and before being able to become a doctor in Canada he would have to have done like a 2 year program that involved him going to other provinces and stuff. His dad apparently didn’t bother going through with it and just went back to Saudi.
Yeah, I’ve had a questionable Nigerian doctor as well. I can’t say for sure whether that’s training, that particular doctor, or just some kind of cultural disconnect. I’d probably need to be a doctor to know.
There is upgrading options in some cases, but I get the sense they’re as much of a clusterfuck as everything else. I think it’s like 50% of MDs that actually end up practicing after coming here.
Iirc there’s testing and residency requirements that need to be fulfilled. Problem is that the Royal College of Pysicians and Surgeons of Canada hasn’t increased their available residency positions in years … essentially road-blocking the massive increase in doctors we need (especially family doctors).
I know nothing about but was curious why they haven increased their residency positions.
One of the first hits on was this article, it seems like the issue (at least for family doctors) isn’t a lack of available residency positions since 268 positions went unfilled.
Sounds like it has more to do with the job basically sucks compared to other specialties, a few reasons mentioned in the article:
Provinces are effectively forcing family doctors to crank patients through at a high rate since they’re pay is based on the number of pts the see in a day
Family practice involves less collaboration with other physicians, less opportunity for professional growth.
Political climate, notably in Alberta, is outright hostile towards doctors.
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It really is. There’s no good reason for the world’s most educated country (by a reasonable margin) to be like this. The bad reason is that we’re so damn bad at anti-trust, and so our market is stuffed with oligopolies that just coast. Is there any news on the revamped competition act?
I haven’t heard of a new competition act. Is that a thing?
Yeah. I looked it up, law as of the end of last year. I guess it just hasn’t bitten anyone yet.
I still can’t believe Rogers was allowed to buy Shaw.
The CRTC has been bought out by big telco. And this gov’t allowed it to happen.
It’s crazy, as far as I can tell the standard of proof for anti-competitive practice was so high nobody with decent lawyers could ever reach it.
This article is a lot better than I expected, since it’s not blaming us regular people for not working hard enough.
Oh shit, I must have skipped over the newcomers bit. Yeah, doctors working at Timmies while people can’t get a doctor is also ridiculous.
As someone with a chronic condition, I have had issues with doctors who were trained in other countries before emmigrating. I had one GP who tried to fail my driver’s medical and withhold my license by directly contradicting my specialist, who is also on the board that defines the standard the GP was using to deny my license. There must have been other complaints as well because her practice didn’t last long.
Not to say they shouldn’t be allowed to practice here, but they should need to at least take some kind of course to make sure they know and follow Canadian standards.
My friend’s dad was a doctor in Saudi Arabia and before being able to become a doctor in Canada he would have to have done like a 2 year program that involved him going to other provinces and stuff. His dad apparently didn’t bother going through with it and just went back to Saudi.
Oh, so there already is a requirement. I guess my GP was just a bad doctor.
Yeah, I’ve had a questionable Nigerian doctor as well. I can’t say for sure whether that’s training, that particular doctor, or just some kind of cultural disconnect. I’d probably need to be a doctor to know.
There is upgrading options in some cases, but I get the sense they’re as much of a clusterfuck as everything else. I think it’s like 50% of MDs that actually end up practicing after coming here.
Some sort of standardization test?
I don’t know about the medical field, but we already have that for other professions just between provinces.
Iirc there’s testing and residency requirements that need to be fulfilled. Problem is that the Royal College of Pysicians and Surgeons of Canada hasn’t increased their available residency positions in years … essentially road-blocking the massive increase in doctors we need (especially family doctors).
I know nothing about but was curious why they haven increased their residency positions.
One of the first hits on was this article, it seems like the issue (at least for family doctors) isn’t a lack of available residency positions since 268 positions went unfilled.
Sounds like it has more to do with the job basically sucks compared to other specialties, a few reasons mentioned in the article:
Provinces are effectively forcing family doctors to crank patients through at a high rate since they’re pay is based on the number of pts the see in a day
Family practice involves less collaboration with other physicians, less opportunity for professional growth.
Political climate, notably in Alberta, is outright hostile towards doctors.
Doesn’t really explain what’s hindering doctors trained abroad from becoming doctors here.
Seems to me that a program designed to help foreign trained doctors become licensed here would be a good investment.
Ironic someone named “Rogers” complaining about a lack of competition
I’ve heard WFH and switching to a 32 hour work week can fix this
Better force everyone back into the office, I’m sure that’ll make everyone strive to be more productive