US EditionQuebec doctor crisis deepens as longtime minister resigns
Lionel Carmant resigned citing personal and professional conflicts over Bill 2, which ties 10% of doctors' pay to performance and bans protest tactics, sparking legal challenges.
- On Oct. 30, 2025, Lionel Carmant, Social Services Minister, announced he would leave the Coalition Avenir Québec to sit as an Independent, amid ongoing government crisis.
- Carmant, a physician, said earlier this week he felt discomfort with the new law tying doctors' pay to performance and that his wife and daughter are angry, adding `It's not easy at home.`
- Under Bill 2, the law links 10 per cent of physicians' pay to performance benchmarks and prohibits pressure tactics and 'concerted actions,' with the federation filing a legal challenge.
- The federation of medical specialists filed a court request on Wednesday to block parts of the law, including the ban on 'concerted actions,' as doctors began protesting and Dr. Vincent Oliva urged Legault to `halt this catastrophe unfolding before our eyes.`
- Legault defended the reforms, arguing they will benefit 1.5 million Quebecers without a family doctor and said, `I am convinced that despite these emotions, over the coming weeks and months, we will succeed in working together.
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Legault stands firm on doctor payment reform, despite minister's resignation
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Quebec Minister Resigns Amid Furor Over Doctor Payment Bill
A Quebec minister has resigned amid an uproar over a recently passed law that imposes a new payment system on the province’s doctors. Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant announced his resignation from the governing party this morning, accompanied by Premier François Legault. Carmant’s daughter, a physician, has published an open letter criticizing the new law, which ties part of doctors’ remuneration to performance targets. Carmant, also a p…
Quebec doctor crisis deepens as longtime minister resigns
QUÉBEC — A longtime Quebec minister has resigned from caucus, deepening a crisis engulfing the Quebec government over a recently passed law imposing a new payment system on the province’s doctors. Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant announced Thursday he would leave the governing party to sit as an Independent member of the provincial legislature. He […]
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