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ITPC Welcomes Court Intervention on Ontario MOH's Discriminatory Eligibility Policy re: CaRMS 2025-2026 R-1 Match First Iteration

Leadership is measured at inflection points — and Canada is facing one right now. With the CaRMS residency application deadline just two weeks away, Ontario’s decision to restrict Internationally Trained Physicians (ITPs) from the match is not simply a policy adjustment. It is a tipping point. What happens in the coming days will determine the future of thousands of physicians — and the stability of Canada’s healthcare system.

ITPC Director Dr. Therese Bichay speaks at the House of Commons Standing Committee on Health on the Impact of Immigration Policy on healthcare and Barriers to Integrating Internationally Trained Physicians.

When the Ontario Minister of Health, Hon. Sylvia Jones, stood in the Legislature on October 21 2025 and declared she was “proud” of the new CaRMS directive. She may have revealed more than she intended.  This directive promotes classism as it divides ITPs by level of “Canadian-ness”. It serves up leftovers to immigrant ITPs by only allowing them access to leftover residency spots. It reeks of discrimination. Therefore, we ask, sincerely: What exactly is the Minister proud o

The Ministry’s reference to “Ontario-educated residents” ignores that many immigrant physicians already hold Ontario diplomas, master’s degrees, and PhDs — making “education geography” an unlawful stand-in for national origin.

Today, updates to the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CARMS) for the 2025-2026 cycle were announced. In the first iteration of CARMS, only Canadian ITPs who attended high school in Ontario will be eligible to participate.These changes will result in the exclusion of thousands of immigrant Internationally Trained Physicians (ITPs) from applying for CaRMS in the 1st iteration. This discrimination is unacceptable. Despite being legally Canadian, ITPs are being denied their l

Today, updates to the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CARMS) for the 2025-2026 cycle were announced. In the first iteration of CARMS, only Canadian ITPs who attended high school in Ontario will be eligible to participate.These changes will result in the exclusion of thousands of immigrant Internationally Trained Physicians (ITPs) from applying for CaRMS in the 1st iteration. This discrimination is unacceptable. Despite being legally Canadian, ITPs are being denied their l

We caution against reducing the competence of a doctor to an exam score or the extent to which that exam score surpasses accepted standard.

The ITPO team gathered in Calgary on October 25th and 26th for the "Building Collaboration on Policy and Programs: A National Convening of I

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