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8 Canadian Lab. & Emp. L.J. 17 (2000)
Strategies for Challenging Discriminatory Barriers to Foreign Credential Recognition

handle is hein.journals/canlemj8 and id is 17 raw text is: COMMENTARY Strategies for Challenging Discriminatory Barriers to Foreign Credential Recognition Mary Cornish, Elizabeth McIntyre & Amanda Pask* 1. INTRODUCTION While attracting and integrating skilled professionals and tradespersons to Canada is central to the success of Canadian immi- gration policy, this objective continues to be jeopardized by the many barriers foreign-trained immigrants face in having their skills and cre- dentials recognized.' These barriers have a number of sources, but the most frequently cited are the various rules of the provincial bodies which regulate access to professions and trades through licensing and registration requirements; the requirements of educational institu- tions; and the hiring and promotion rules of employers.2 These barri- ers have been recognized and studied for many years, culminating in Ontario in the 1989 Access! Report3 and in the 1997 federal Not Just Numbers Report.' The current problem is not so much identifying the barriers, but rather establishing effective strategies for their elimina- * The authors are lawyers with Cavalluzzo Hayes Shilton McIntyre & Cornish, Toronto, Ontario. 1 Not Just Numbers - A Canadian Framework for Future Immigration, Report of the Legislative Review Advisory Group to the Minister of Citizenship and Immigration, Minister of Public Works & Government Services Canada, 1997, Executive Summary. 2 Not Just Numbers Report, ibid., section 4.5, Access to Professions and Trades. 3 Access! Task Force on Access to Professions and Trades in Ontario, 1989, Queen's Printer for Ontario; and Not Just Numbers Report, ibid. 4 Not Just Numbers Report, ibid., section 4.5.