Ontario Premier Doug Ford will introduce legislation that would allow doctors and nurses from all over Canada to start practicing in Ontario without delay.
Currently, licensed professionals from other regions must first register in Ontario. That restriction will be removed if the legislation passes.
“We call these new rules ‘As of Right’ and we are the first province to implement them,” Ford said at a press conference in Windsor on Jan. 19.
“A doctor from B.C. or a nurse from Quebec shouldn’t face barriers or bureaucratic delays to start providing care,” Ford said. “Other provinces and territories have the same high standards as we have here.”…