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Stephen Ellis

  • Member of Parliament
  • Member of Parliament
  • Conservative
  • Cumberland—Colchester
  • Nova Scotia
  • Voting Attendance: 67%
  • Expenses Last Quarter: $134,737.37

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Context: House Hansard - 162 - Feb/16/23
Mr. Stephen Ellis
  • Feb/16/23 11:45:24 a.m.
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Madam Speaker, I think it would be inappropriate to give all of our plans away to the government since it clearly has no ideas of its own. I think that would be unfortunate. What we know very clearly is that there are immigrants who have come to this country, internationally trained medical graduates, who are unable to work in our system. What we need to do is look at the exact skill sets they have. There is a vast need across every health care human resource sector in this country, and we need to understand exactly how to help those folks fit into the system we have. We know that the training system either does not have the capacity or perhaps, although I am not entirely sure, does not have the desire to train these folks to get to the standard we have, which is very high here in Canada. We also know that Canadians who have trained abroad need to be allowed to come back and show that the skills they have learned in other countries, such as Ireland, are of value to us here in Canada. They would play a fantastic role in our health care system and would be able to provide the care that Canadians so desperately need. We also need to know very clearly what happens when somebody comes here from another country. We cannot have country X losing a doctor and Canada not gaining a doctor. Not giving a place in this country to somebody the immigration system has brought to Canada as a physician is a travesty and is very hurtful to the immigrants coming here to help us.
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Context: House Hansard - 159 - Feb/13/23
Mr. Stephen Ellis
  • Feb/13/23 4:56:22 p.m.
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  • Re: Bill C-39 
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague for that great question. We know, very clearly, there are multiple ways to fix the health care system. Certainly those would be rolled out, as we come closer to election time, in the platform of the Conservative Party. What we also know is that people who want to immigrate to this country to be a part of the health care system are being disrespected in terms of how their credentials may or may not be recognized in this country. As everybody in the chamber knows, if we were going to create another psychiatrist from inception, at the time of going to university, there is a four-year undergraduate degree, four years of medical school and at least four years of residency. We cannot wait for that. On this side of the House, when the Conservatives form the government, we would be very respectful of immigrants and the talents they bring to this country, and how they could help the ailing health care system.
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