Ontario plans to dismantle the college that regulates Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists, saying new legislation will allow more people to work in the field. But many practitioners oppose the bill, saying they weren't consulted.
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Ontario plans to stop regulating traditional Chinese medicine practitioners and acupuncturists, saying it would allow more people to work in the field, but people in the profession say they oppose the move and weren't consulted.
Ontario is moving to deregulate traditional Chinese medicine and acupuncture because the current system prevents people who only speak Cantonese or Mandarin from writing licensing exams, Premier Doug Ford said Thursday.