• ENTRY INTO THE MEDICAL PROFESSION IS CONTROLLED BY THE UNIVERSITY, NOT BY THE COLLEGE OF PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS—
  • Legislation sets up regulatory bodies so that the regulatory body can fairly control admission into its profession.
  • Regulatory bodies are designed to operate in a conflict-free environment.
  • Fairness requires that admission to a profession be based on merit.
  •  In Canada, the Colleges of Physicians and Surgeons’ control of admission to the medical profession is in form only.
  • In reality, it is the universities which determine entry into the profession by choosing who gets the entry level jobs.
  • Universities do not operate in a conflict-free environment.  Their interests are many and diverse.