Saskatchewan: The Physician Recruitment Agency Of Saskatchewan

Kathy Fitzpatrick Dept: Provincial officials said Wednesday it can take up to two years for the current system to handle an application from a foreign doctor to come to Saskatchewan, according to CBC. "The steps that are required to get a license and to emigrate to Canada are often lengthy and cumbersome," Ed Mantler, from the Physician Recruitment Agency of Saskatchewan, told News Wednesday. "Any opportunity to shorten or streamline some of those steps will help us." With files from 's Kathy Fitzpatrick The federal government is considering moving physician applicants to the head of the immigration queue. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.