🇨🇦 U.S. health workers will soon be able to work immediately in Ontario

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The new rule will be announced Thursday by the Ford government, the Star has learned.
American doctors and nurses who relocate to Ontario will be able to start working in hospitals and clinics immediately, the Star has learned.
In a new rule to be announced Thursday to help address a shortage of health professionals in the province — and amid a jump in interest from American physicians to practice here — the Ford government will allow them to work as they sort out the necessary registration.
“Building on our government’s action to reduce labour mobility barriers for health-care professionals within Canada, we are now making it faster and easier for American physicians and nurses to care for Ontario patients,” Health Minister Sylvia Jones said in a written statement.
“By introducing regulations that allow U.S.-licensed professionals to live and work in Ontario, we are making bold strides to ensure Ontarians receive timely and accessible care.”
In 2023, Ontario was among the first to allow doctors and nurses in other provinces to practice here while working their way through the registration process, though at the time critics questioned how much of an impact it would have.
Thursday’s change means doctors, nurse practitioners, registered nurses and registered practical nurses who are licensed in the U.S., with a clean record, can be on the job for six months without first having to register with the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario or the College of Nurses of Ontario.
The government will also ease the rules to allow the health practitioners to work in hospitals, long-term and community-care facilities, as well as labs and clinics.
American health-care professionals will still have to meet Canadian immigration or work permit requirements.
Ontario, like most jurisdictions across the country and North America, is in dire need of doctors and nurses, and estimates about 2 million people in the province don’t have a doctor — though the Ontario Medical Association believes the number to be double that.
While easing the process to allow health-care professionals from other jurisdictions to practice here, the province has also announced about $2 billion to reform the primary-care system by 2029.
The College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario, which licenses and regulates the profession, said over the past two years it has already been streamlining the registration process for U.S. doctors to avoid “unnecessary delays.”
“Among other changes, these updates allow American board-certified physicians to practise independently without the need to complete additional training or examinations,” spokesperson Laura Zilke said in a statement to the Star.
“The changes were possible due to the similarities in training programs between the U.S. and Canada, and the historical experience with existing assessment process,” she said, noting that led to an uptick in interest from American-trained doctors.
In the third quarter of 2024, the college issued certificates to 76 American physicians, and 72 in the fourth.
In the first quarter of this year alone, already this year some 116 certificates were issued.
As of May 28, 153 U.S. physicians have been licensed this year, and another 278 applications are in the works.
“Individual physicians may make personal decisions to relocate for various reasons, and our data does not disclose reasons for relocation or for seeking licensure to practice in Ontario,” Zilke said.
” In the context of Ontario’s evolving health-care workforce needs, (the college) has made an effort to streamline registration pathways for qualified (internationally educated physicians) who may be contemplating a move to Ontario, including those from the U.S.,” she added.
The college, she added, “is happy to help start the journey to medical practice in Ontario and welcomes the expertise of U.S.-trained physicians.”

#onpoli #Ontario #Canada
#Healthcare

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U.S. health workers will soon be able to work immediately in Ontario

U.S. doctors and nurses who relocate to Ontario will be able to start working immediately, amid a jump in interest from American physicians to practice here.

^{The Toronto Star}

Report: "Ireland’s Trinity College Dublin says it will sever all ties with Israel because of ongoing violations of international & humanitarian law”.

"The decision comes after a series of student protests bringing attention to Israeli military abuses in Gaza & calling for an end to ties with the country."

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#TrinityCollegeDublin #studentProtests #GazaGenocide #BDS #USPol #UKPol #EuroPol @palestine .

Updates: Israel kills nearly 100 people in Gaza in 24 hours, halts aid

Days after launching US-backed aid mechanism and killing dozens of aid seekers, Israel temporarily shuts all aid sites.

^{Tim Hume (Al Jazeera)}

“Colin Kaepernik knelt, and his career was over. Elon Musk makes two Nazi salutes and no one bats an eye. That, my friends, is what we call White Privilege.”

#politics #racism #hatred #ElonMusk #FascistAmeriKKKa #fascism #tyranny #WhitePrivilege #WhiteSupremacy

I move that Trump's executive orders be now called executive ordures.

I have to say, I don't hear ordure often used in English. In fact, I cannot remember ever hearing it in English.

But it exists.

In French, it means trash. In English, it means shit.

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Usage example:

"Grab the toilet paper. The president produced another executive ordure."

#USPol #DonaldTrump #ordure #trash #shit #FrenchLanguage #EnglishLanguage

Definition of ordure

Definition of 'ordure' by Merriam-Webster

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They say money can't buy happiness, but it can.

I say that because money could be used to make lives better. It could be used to help people that are struggling. Think of the love that would generate.

The problem is greed. Greed stops money from buying happiness. Because the people that have it stop thinking about anyone other than themselves. The money goes from becoming the means to becoming the goal.

Imagine the happiness Jeff Bezos or Elon Musk could buy if they dared.

🚨🚨🚨 CBO MAKES IT OFFICIAL: 16 MILLION Americans would become uninsured under the #MAGAMurderBill when combined w/IRA subsidy expiration:

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CBO makes it official: 16 million Americans would become uninsured under the #MAGAMurderBill (when combined w/IRA subsidy expiration)

The Congressional Budget Office has published several projections about how many people would lose healthcare coverage and/or become uninsured (these aren't the same thing) under various versions of the #OneBigUglyBill Act passed by House Republicans…

^{ACA Signups}

Gov. Walz: “I’m just going to say it, shame on any of us who throws a trans child under the bus for thinking they’re going to get elected.”

“That child deserves our support,” he continued. “Don’t worry about the pollsters calling it distractions, because we need to be the party of human dignity.”

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Gov. Tim Walz backs transgender kids as Democrats grapple with debate over bans in sports

The Minnesota Democrat has been critical of other members of his party who are retreating at a time when the issue has become a political lightning rod nationally and in Minnesota.

^{Sydney Kashiwagi}

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Bulgaria is ready to become the 21st euro area member. 💪

✅ All economic criteria? Met.
📜 Legal standards? Check.

We've submitted the legal proposals.

Now it's up to the Council, with input from the European Parliament and the European Central Bank.

Bulgaria, we’re ready to welcome you to Europe 💙 shared currency!

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A message for cis women who fall for the line that their trans sistas, who you have shared bathrooms with forever, are suddenly a danger

You have put all women at risk. More cis women are now being challenged and assaulted by vigilante transphobes than trans women. If any woman is a little tall, a little hairy, has a slightly larger jawline, a slightly deep voice, or slightly masculine features, they are now at risk

You are not a feminist. You are the danger to women

#TerfIsland #TransRights

👋 Let's support our fellow Canadians and save money!
Canada has every climate, environment, and vacation destination possible; from camping in the wilderness to fine dining, luxury hotels, and cultural events.

#Canada #travel #Economy #Tariff #Vacation
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Canada's domestic tourism industry could net billions due to U.S. trade war: report

OTTAWA - Canada's tourism industry might be in for a boost as Canadians boycott the United States and spend their travel dollars closer to home this year.

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Louder for the people in the back: Color matched Mac "Platinum" PLA 3D printer filament, $21.99/spool, now available. No more waiting, high prices, expensive shipping or "chalky" filament.

It's here, now. And this is what it looks like! Look at that color match!

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Gay couple in Texas: Lives in home for over two years with openly homophobic neighbors threatening to burn down their house, which the police refuse to respond to, return after neighbors have burned down their home to check the mail, to find the skull of their dog placed with its harness, and are confronted by a man with a gun who "starts yelling violent homophobic slurs" at them then opens fire and shoots one of them dead.

Police in Texas: Not a hate crime. How can this be related to his homosexuality? Release statement that ""Despite online claims of this being a hate crime, currently the investigation has found no evidence to indicate that the Mr Joss's murder was related to his sexual orientation."

Jonathan Joss, the hero who saved his husband's life by pushing him aside while sacrificing his own life, was the voice of John Redcorn in King of the Hill, and played Chief Ken Hotate in Parks and Recreation. Rest in Peace, Jonathan.

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#homophobia #hate #hatecrime #HateSpeech #GayRights #acab