US EditionQuebec order of physicians urges government to suspend controversial doctor-pay law
Quebec doctors and medical organizations warn the law will demoralize physicians and reduce healthcare accessibility as 1.5 million residents lack a family doctor, officials say.
- On Friday, the Collège des médecins du Québec called for an immediate suspension of the law tying doctors' pay to performance targets and warned the rushed measure risks the opposite effect.
- The law was adopted October 31, 2025, amid opposition from doctor federations, with the government saying reforms are needed because 1.5 million Quebecers lack a family doctor.
- The federation representing medical specialists filed for a provisional stay in Superior Court, with the hearing scheduled next week, as medical students at Université de Sherbrooke, Université de Montréal, Université de Laval and McGill University voted in favor of strike mandates.
- The Collège reports many physicians are pursuing the right to practise in Ontario, signalling distress with at least 125 completed and 200 started, while 148 applications have been recorded since Oct. 23.
- Doctors say repeated government explanations have not reassured them, prompting calls for de-escalation as Health Minister Christian Dubé, Quebec spoke live for 90 minutes on Radio-Canada Friday, but the Collège says doctors remain unconvinced.
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Quebec Order of Physicians Urges Government to Suspend Controversial Doctor-Pay Law
Quebec’s professional order of physicians is calling for an immediate suspension of a provincial law that ties doctors’ pay to performance targets and threatens punitive damages over actions that affect patient care. In an open letter Friday, the college says the law will have the opposite effect to what the government intends, adding that it will damage the health-care system and reduce accessibility. The Quebec government says the reforms are …
QUEBEC — One week after the passage under gag of the special law changing the remuneration of doctors, the concerns are particularly acute in the field of pneumonology. Recall that Law 2 abolishes the supplement paid during a first consultation. From the very admission of the government, the most affected specialists would be the pneumonologists, at the height of [...]
More than 200 Quebec doctors apply to work in Ontario, N.B. in protest
The number of Quebec doctors applying for licences in other provinces is growing in the wake of a controversial new law that ties part of their pay to performance targets and imposes strict sanctions for non-compliance.
The professional order also calls for the removal of performance targets and "punitive" measures.
The professional order is concerned, in particular, that several of its members have taken steps to leave Quebec and settle in Ontario.
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