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Dmytro Zaitsev had more than a decade of experience working as an electrical and solar engineer in Ukraine before he fled the war in that country for ...
“It is good news, ” Zaitsev said in an interview. “It helps to get a job in Canada, an engineering job.”
Accessible Community Counselling and Employment Services, a charity that supports internationally trained engineers like Zaitsev, said the dropping of the Canadian experience requirement is a welcome development.
Professional Engineers Ontario has said that dropping the Canadian work experience requirement for licence applications moves it to a model focused on competency, rather than geography.
Obviously, this is not the entire budget, but it does give you some insight into how your money is being spent.