Agreement with medical specialists: the Couillard believes they have been hard

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Under the fire of criticism, the prime minister says that his government has been “aggressive to the medical profession” since 2014.

Patrick Bellerose

Wednesday, February 21, 2018 14:08

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Wednesday, February 21, 2018 14:13

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Under the fire of criticism for the agreement with the medical specialists, the prime minister Philippe Couillard says his government has been “aggressive to the medical profession” since 2014.

The prime minister responded to the leader of the parti québecois Jean-François Lisée, who pointed out that Philippe Couillard was himself a specialist doctor before making the jump to policy, as the minister of Health, Gaétan Barrette.

“The fact that I am from the medical profession, like my colleague, has absolutely nothing to do with what has been done, on the contrary, said Philippe Couillard at the blue Room. I challenge you to find a government that has been so aggressive towards the medical profession than it has been since 2014.”

“Invective”

“It has been the object of invective and insults from doctors, while the term of office, said the prime minister. And to say that, in any way whatsoever, it promotes person other than the patient, it is simply false.”

In the course of the current mandate, the government Couillard has made adopt the law 20 and law 130, which provided penalties for physicians who do not achieve certain performance targets. The application of the two laws, however, was suspended and the penalty will not take effect for at least another year.

The agreement concluded with the Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec (FMSQ) provides instead of bonuses for specialists who will be called upon to cover the break in service.

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In the same trade, Jean-François Lisée has criticized the process for the adoption of the agreement within the FMSQ, where 133 delegates are responsible for making the approximately 10 000 members.

The prime minister responded by establishing a parallel with the elected members of the national Assembly. “If I count well, it is 125 to represent 8 million people – more than 8 million people – and make decisions on tens of billions of dollars. Frankly, this is the essence of representative democracy”, has it launched.

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