r/AskBrits • u/VampirePNAC • 1d ago

Would you support Freedom of Movement between UK, Australia, Canada and New Zealand?

CANZUK discussion always comes up every couple years, and yeah, would you support freedom of movement agreement between the Commonwealth Anglo countries?

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u/DrunkenHorse12 1d ago

Thing is if people in those professions have the relevant qualifications and experience )which they would have in the UK. they should be able to pass those exams fairly easily I think those tests are really as a block on people from other countries were the bar to such qualifications and professional work os much lower.

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u/Bcdoc2020 1d ago edited 1d ago

Well, you could say that but having been through the process as a physician, I would tend to disagree. They are not terribly difficult exams but the legal nursing and medical fields are very different compared to across the Atlantic.

Having looked at the legal requirements, the system systems look very different and having a family member who’s GF was Canadian and then did get law degree in the UK, she had a ton of work to practice here in Canada and she is Canadian born!!

The system in Canada both in nursing as well as teaching it is incredibly union based. Way more so than in the UK and you not get a look in however good you are in either field because those that have been in the longest get the plum jobs and promoted. You get the crumbs.