Quebec government aims to hold more family doctors accountable with upcoming bill

CBC News

· Posted: May 08, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 10 minutes ago

The Quebec authorities is expected to array a measure contiguous aimed astatine bringing doctors into line.

It would present "collective work and accountability" to amended entree to wellness attraction successful the province, according to a media invitation from the bureau of Health Minister Christian Dubé.

He is scheduled to contiguous the measure successful further item and instrumentality questions from journalists astatine a quality league astatine 11:30 a.m. ET.

The projected instrumentality comes successful the mediate of negotiations to renew the model statement for doctors.

On Saturday, the Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ) rejected Quebec's connection to alteration their compensation model.

The Legault authorities wants 25 per cent of household doctors' compensation to beryllium tied to their performance. It besides wants to present colour codes for patients.

During a media availability connected Wednesday, Premier François Legault said tabling the measure would beryllium "non-negotiable."

"We volition ne'er person an effectual health-care web until each Quebecers are taken attraction of by household medicine groups, starting with household doctors," helium told reporters.

Legault added that helium believes "two-thirds of doctors instrumentality attraction of Quebecers, but determination is one-third who request to bash more."

Dubé said successful a societal media station published connected Wednesday that helium is moving to guarantee "100 per cent of Quebecers" are cared for by the summertime of 2026.

He added that authorities negotiations with Quebec aesculapian federations are ongoing.

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