Give it a rest Globe. All new Canadians have been facing employment barriers. For a long time. You are just learning that professions like docs, vets, lawyers, engineers do not get automatic recognition of professional status unless some re-certifications are taken?

I've been here for decades and work hard to get my re-certifications. Most new immigrants with degrees will tell you the same story. For foreign trained doctors it takes years to get their MD. 

While working on your certifications you have stable housing if the spouse has job (or huge savings which you will blow easily), it wasn't courtesy of the Feds or sponsors. 

We never asked for recognition, or sob stories in the national newspaper, but give us credit for the hard work and don't paint this as an issue.