Toronto Star: What does ‘Canadian experience’ really mean for immigrants?

Bill Taylor
Three simple words, but they can add up to a Catch-22 for new immigrants looking for work: “Canadian experience required.”

If you can’t land your first job, how are you supposed to build that all-important breadth of knowledge?

There’s more to it, experts say, than getting up at the crack of dawn to drive your kids to hockey and stopping en route to pick up a double-double at Tim Hortons. And knowing what a double-double is.

The clichéd example of doctors and engineers driving cabs in Toronto is a truism for a reason, says Allison Pond: “It still happens more than it needs to. It’s still an issue.”

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Reference: Toronto Star

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