It’s no secret that many who immigrate to Canada cannot find work in their chosen field from their home country.
That was a reality Karnail Singh Sidhu faced when he brought his family from India to the Okanagan in 1993.
Sidhu was a qualified electrical engineer back in Punjab and had worked for a company he compared to BC Hydro, but Canada refused to recognize his credentials.
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