Canada already offers limited opportunities for foreign nationals who aspire to become doctors—in fact, the number of international students admitted to medical schools nationwide each year is so small it could be counted on two hands.
Even though a limited national pharmacare plan passed into law recently, it offers few solutions for the hundreds of thousands of people in Canada who cannot afford their medications.
Perceived discrimination can stem from a readiness to interpret uncomfortable experiences as biased, even if no actual prejudice exists, argues Dr. Jabir Jassam.
