Meanwhile in the U.S., many physicians are considering whether they can continue doing their jobs under a second Trump administration.

CBC spoke with two American physicians seeking to relocate to Canada and a third who recently moved to B.C.

The three declined to speak on the record, citing a fear of retribution for speaking critically of the Trump administration. But they shared concerns over health secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. advancing an anti-science and vaccine-skeptical agenda.

Concerns over the political climate in the U.S. has opened a “floodgate” of inquiries about moving to Canada, according to recruiter Michelle Flynn.

To deal with the influx of inquiries from American physicians wanting to come to Canada, Flynn said she is now conducting interviews five days a week, up from three days a week previously.

“We’re getting 60-plus physicians coming to and registering on our website a month,” she said.

  • peteyestee@feddit.orgEnglish
    241·
    3 days ago

    There’s nowhere for us poor people to go. My death will be in America. By them or by suicide. St. Luigi.

    • wirebeads@lemmy.caEnglish
      13·
      3 days ago

      Or fighting for the freedom of you, and the rest of Americans in the same position as you.

    • Chee_Koala@lemmy.world
      7·
      3 days ago

      I knew folks who literally walked from Afghanistan to the Netherlands. Where there is a will, there is way (to seek refuge)

        • HellsBelle@sh.itjust.worksOPEnglish
          7·
          3 days ago

          Just a head’s up if you do … don’t come in winter. It’s just too dangerous, especially along the BC-to-northwestern Ontario section.

          -40 is bad, and others who’ve tried have died or lost limbs/fingers/toes to the freezing cold.