What is changing in Labour Mobility?
Premiers have agreed to amend the Agreement on Internal Trade, Labour Mobility Chapter, effective January 1, 2009, to establish full labour mobility for all regulated professions by April 1, 2009. Full labour mobility means that every worker certified for an occupation by a regulatory authority shall, upon application, be certified by the receiving province with no further assessment, training or experience requirements. The only exceptions will be those established by the provincial government as “legitimate objectives” based on material differences in occupational standards and/or scope of practice. A difference in certification requirements is not, by itself, sufficient to justify additional requirements. Currently some Paramedic Regulators use licensing examinations or practical skills assessment to determine a practitioner’s competence to be licensed when s/he transfers from another jurisdiction. Other regulators assess whether a practitioner received Canadian Medical Association
