With the system in shambles, provinces like B.C. want more control over who comes and more money to settle newcomers, including Ukrainians.
Despite grumbled anecdotes about people not wanting to work, B.C. has one of Canada’s highest workforce participation rates.
And that is exactly why the provincial government wants Ottawa to give it more control over who comes here, and is asking for more money to help settle all the newcomers. “We’ve just heard from Ontario and they’ve been making similar requests of the feds to gain a little bit more control over what happens.”
Of course, there is a huge caveat that Cullen readily acknowledges. Canada is glacially slow in recognizing internationally obtained credentials — especially for physicians and surgeons. Here, he said it can take up to three times as long as in other G20 countries — “And if you’re slow in this kind of world, it means you just don’t get the person at all.”
“We’re not ready for them, and we need the feds to be,” Cullen said. “ have had time. There’s no more excuses like, ‘It’s all happening so fast.’ That’s done. They’ve had the time and the program has not been set up properly yet.” Ukrainian-Canadians have also stepped in to fill the gaps since the only federal help Ukrainians get is a two-week housing allowance.
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