A Quebec dentist who speaks French fluently has lost his right to practise in the province after failing a written French test four times.
"Honestly, I feel I can't say how I feel," Mahmoud Raisi said Thursday after learning he would be denied the permanent licence he needs to continue serving patients in Aylmer, Quebec. "I'm speechless in that department."
Raisi, who also speaks Persian, English and Spanish, moved to Aylmer from Ottawa, which is 10 kilometres away across the Quebec-Ontario border, four years ago and has been practising dentistry under a temporary licence.
During that time, he said he has built a clientele of 2,000 patients and has had no language-related problems.
But Quebec's language charter requires certain professionals born out of the province to pass both oral and written language tests in four tries or fewer, unless they studied high school or university in Quebec.
After four unsuccessful attempts, they can no longer practise under a temporary licence.
Posted by: Delta784
This seemed stupid at first, but if the doctor is writing prescriptions in a language he can't read & write, that's a problem.
Posted by: HousingCop
How about a certain Superintendent of Schools in a large urban setting in Massachusetts who couldn't pass the English part of the exam given to educators to earn their teaching certificate? I think after the 3rd time taking the test he just squeezed by. D'oh.
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