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Frost__2001,Oct 19 2005, 03:19 AM Wrote:I'm suprised though that this topic was brought up in the first place, I'm sure none of you here can say you work with some one who is qualified to run a Nucular power plant, or is a registered nurse and can't find a job because their education was invalid when they moved here. Do you really know what it's like for them to come here with a guise that they will have a job, and when they get here they make minimum wage ? It's not right.
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Actually I know a guy who was completely qualified as an electrical engineer who came from India and is now working in a call centre making $10/hr.

Your point has a bit of validity, in respect to the fact that it's no walk in the park to set up shop in a new country when your credentials are not recognized, but my question to you is, where in Canada is your piece of paper from an Indian, or Chinese, or any Asian university not good enough to be acknowledged here? There is not a 2 year waiting list to re-sit your bar or your MCAD's here, and the preparation courses are only 6 weeks long. I have 2 lawyers in the family who immigrated to Canada from England, one from India, and a doctor from east africa... all were certified to practice in Canada within 5 months of coming here. The major problem with our country is that we are more prepared to offer the benefit of the job to the immigrants instead of our own citizens in order to appear more international and accepting of multiculturalism. That's not really fair to a kid who's spent $25k a year for 4 years to attend Osgoode law school in addition to the $25k for his/her undergrad... is it? Or the chartered management accountant who pulled his ass out of bed every morning at 7 am for 8 hrs of class 5 days a week only to be told that he's not going to get the job because he doesn't speak chinese? Let's be reasonable here. The major issue is that people who are new to the country are being favoured over home grown talent... not only in high profile positions, but all across the board... and those with a lesser grasp of the English language are being put in every position where english is the principle means of communication. Why is it when I go to even COFFEE TIME, I have to tell the girl behind the counter 9 times the donut I want, and then go so far as to write it on a napkin so she can compare names because she didn't bother to learn english before fleeing the People's Republic? Tell me what's not right mate?