No Arthur, only in your dreams. That simply is not true. You are making stuff up again.
Canada, a medical school is a faculty or school of a university that offers a three- or four-year Doctor of Medicine (M.D. or M.D.C.M.) degree. Generally, medical students begin their studies after receiving a bachelor's degree - Wikipedia.
Most medical schools outside The United States are 5 or six year programs. Nurse practitioners and physicians assistants have at least as much training.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medical_school#Canada
BS Joe.
The first 4 years of training are the 4 year Pre-Med course leading to the BS degree. So no one becomes a practicing GP in any major country with just 1 or 2 additional years of training after they get their BS degree.
What you left out in the Canadian program is that though they have the MD degree in 3 or 4 years added onto their 4 year BS Pre-Med degree, they THEN enter their Residency Training and CAN'T set up practice till they complete that as well.
Upon completion of the final year of medical school, students are awarded the degree of M.D. Students then begin training in the residency program designated to them by CaRMS. Part 2 of the MCCQE, an Objective Structured Clinical Examination, is taken following completion of twelve months of residency training. After both parts of the MCCQE are successfully completed, the resident becomes a Licentiate of the Medical Council of Canada. However, in order to practice independently, the resident must complete the residency program and take a board examination pertinent to his or her intended scope of practice. In the final year of residency training, residents take an exam administered by either the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada or the College of Family Physicians of Canada, depending on whether they are training for specialty or family practice.
Note the "in the final year of residency training", depending on the specialty it is at least 2 years long.
So in Canada to become a GP (which is what we are discussing) it takes:
4 years of to get a BS degree in Pre-Med (you have to sit for the MCATs, so you not only have to get this degree you have to do very well in it)
3 to 4 years of Medical School. (The medical school curriculum typically lasts four years. The first two are “pre-clinical,” while the third and fourth provide an opportunity to rotate through the core medical specialties — the “clerkship” — and try different fields.)
2+ years of Residency
So the TYPICAL length of time is 10 years to a GP in Canada the SAME as the US, though some stellar performers might make it in 9 years).
But the requirements to be a Physician Assistant are:
A Bachelor of ARTS degree, with NO requirement for Pre-Med.
No having to pass an MCAT
A 2 year course of study to become a PA.
Clearly NOT anywhere near the same as becoming a GP, which is why they can only practice in a supervised environment and for minor issues at that.
A Nurse Practitioner on the other hand, does have much more training than a PA, which is why they can work without a doctor's supervision:
4 year BSN (which has much of the same content that the Pre-Med degree that a doctor would take, the difference would be in much of the clinical training)
2 years "Residency", the NP schools require that candidates have 2 years working on the Med-Surg floors before entering, this again is not the same as the Intern/Resident program that doctors go through, but does gain them a lot of hand's on experience.
2 year Nurse Practitioner course.
I have proven my case., so throw up the chaff and add non relevant and misleading material to your case as you always do (e.g. add residencies). Nurse practioners and physicians assistants can perform do what physicians do but they cannot compete with physicians for patients.