Time to Lobby your Elected Officials!

Attention all Canadians who study medicine abroad, family members and friends! Now is the time to write, call and/or meet your provincial MPP, MLA or Minister of Health seeking their support to establish for 2020 onward a level playing field for all qualified Canadians applying for residency training in Canada. It is also an opportunity to request that equal access be established to compete for the same medical residency positions on the same terms for all qualified medical graduates who are Canadian Citizens or Permanent Residents, including Canadian Medical School Graduates (CMGs), International Medical Graduates (IMGs) & United States Medical Graduates (USMGs), for 2020 onward. See attached template. (Click below Lobbying Template indicated in orange.) Please use this template letter, but do adapt it to your own situation. The SOCASMA SEVEN document that is referenced in the template letter is posted separately. This document outlines several areas for improvement where residency training is concerned. Again we stress the importance of writing and even better, of calling or meeting with your elected officials. Summer is a good time to meet with your MPP or MLA as they usually attend to many community functions for the purpose of connecting with their constituents and hearing about their concerns.
NOTE TO QUEBEC MEMBERS: As the residency recruitment system is slightly different in Quebec, we are working on a different template letter in English and in French which we will be posting in the coming week.
POUR NOS MEMBRES FRANCOPHONES DU QUÉBEC : Veuillez noter qu’un gabarit en français sera préparé d’ici une semaine. Si vous êtes francophones dans une autre province, veuillez nous faire parvenir un courriel à l’adresse suivante: socasma.working@gmail.com et nous vous feront parvenir un gabarit en français qui sera adapté à votre province.

Lobbying Template