The MD with over 2,000 patients, but no permanent residency
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The MD with over 2,000 patients, but no permanent residency

26:45 Jan 16, 2026
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Dr. Michael Antil left North Carolina in 2023 with his wife and kids, driven out by an increasingly conservative political climate and COVID-era hostility toward doctors. Now a family physician to over 2,000 patients in Toronto, he’s repeatedly been denied permanent residency, lost in a maze of paperwork and immigration red tape. Canada needs doctors—so why is this so hard?
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