Ontario to make it easier for immigrants to work in their professions

Ontario is set to introduce legislation that would prevent many regulatory bodies from requiring immigrants to have Canadian work experience to get licensed. It would also reduce “burdensome” duplication for official language proficiency testing, so people do not have to complete several tests for purposes of immigration and professional licensing.

The proposed legislation would apply to licensing bodies governing engineers, architects, teachers, accountants and social workers, among others. It would not affect those regulating medical professions, including those that licence doctors and nurses.

“Currently, internationally trained immigrants face multiple barriers to getting licensed in their field, including unfair requirements for Canadian work experience, unnecessary, repetitive and costly language testing, and unreasonable processing times.”

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