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by kennend3 1321 days ago
Thinking about this more.. here's a classic example:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/dr-paul...

An American doctor volunteers three months of FREE service and is denied a license?

Normally they would use "lacks Canadian experience" but in this case he was Canadian trained.

Not to worry, the licensing group found an excuse to deny his license.

Because of COVID he was seeing patients virtually or over the phone. They managed to dig up some obscure ruling that doctors need to see patients in person, so license denied.

And the general public, could they not have benefitted from 3 months of free service? This area is absolutely DESPERATE for a doctor, but the barriers to entry must be protected at all costs.