Re: [OT] I thought indentured servitude was a thing of the past

On Apr 24, 2025 at 12:32:51 PM PDT, "Rhino" <no_offline_contact@example.com>
wrote:

I saw this article just now and found myself thinking about indentured
servitude of all things:
 
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/quebec-bill-83-law-doctors-study-public-private-1.7517752
 
I don't know exactly how indentured servitude worked back in the day. It
was certainly different from slavery in that slavery was for life unless
your owner freed you and that slaves could be inherited.
 
I know that indentured servitude was typically for a period of 5 to 7
years and that you were free to go your own way after that. However, I'm
not sure if you received a salary or only room and board while you were
doing your servitude.
 
Certainly, these doctors are NOT working for free or for room and board
but I find myself wondering if a court challenge will find judges
telling Sante Quebec (Health Quebec in French) that they are violating
the human rights of doctors by forcing them to practice in the public
sector for 5 years whether they like it or not.

Does the U.S. recognize Canadidian medical degrees? If they are recognized, it
seems to me if I was a Canadidian  med school graduate, I'd get a work visa
and move to the U.S. to practice.

When my parents came to Canada, the government paid their passage and
then gave them a year to pay back that cost but the government did NOT
mandate where they worked, just that they had to work. (If there was
welfare in those days, it was meagre at best and there was plenty of
work to be found so they worked off the cost of their passage.)