Ontario’s new doctor residency process makes me puzzled and angry | Letters to the Editor

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Ontario’s doctor residency process makes me puzzled and angry

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Reading about Dr. Biswas not being able to compete fairly for residency matching process in Ontario because he didn’t attend high school in Ontario made me puzzled and angry.

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We know that to be even considered by medical schools all over the world requires being a gifted student starting in high school. So where is this requirement for a top-shelf candidate coming from? What about shortage of family doctors in Ontario?

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Maria Barczyk, Ottawa

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Kudos to Citizen letter writer

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Kudos to your reader with respect to his views on Peter Hoekstra. Mr. Hoekstra displays absolutely no diplomatic abilities, and should be returned to the US as soon as possible, to be replaced with an ambassador who understands his/her role. I have recently written to Global Affairs Canada, expressing my great displeasure with the current US representative, and I would encourage other readers to do the same.

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Raymond Ouimet, Orleans

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Not surprised by public servant sick day rise

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​So the number of sick days among public servants have increased? BIG big surprise. Doubtless, some of the more cynical will presume it is some sort of protest over return to the office. I’ll simply note that once I retired from the PS, I have never been quite so healthy.

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Not having to ride the bus most of the week, and deal with people who can’t keep their body effluents to themselves, or riding alongside the many whose job meant a day taken off sick would be a day without pay, allowed me to avoid contagious diseases. Those who were able to drive to work, alone, could avoid such risks. But those whose only choice was public transit, could not, and this is reflected in the numbers.

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This is neither a defence of working from home, or a critique of return to the office; merely a reflection of what happens with groups of people in close quarters.

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Mark Hammer, Ottawa, ON

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Thank you for sharing life story of a beloved dog, Oskar

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Thank you to Oskar’s mother and father for such a beautiful, funny and heart felt story of Oskar, the adorable dachshund.

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Some may find it ‘odd’ to submit on the loss of a beloved pet, however; I think it’s wonderful. It was so well written.