US EditionQuebec Health Minister Christian Dubé says he’s resigning from cabinet
Christian Dubé resigns amid backlash over Bill 2 reforms, citing difficult negotiations and rollback of key measures; family doctors to take on 500,000 new patients by June 2026, government says.
- On Dec. 18, 2025 Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé announced he is leaving cabinet to sit as an Independent.
- The Coalition Avenir Québec government passed Bill 2 in late October and faced strong pushback from physicians, but earlier in December it reached an agreement in principle with family doctors to delay and amend the law.
- Seen at the Quebec City legislature on Dec. 9, Dubé, who had served as minister of health since June 2020, was present at recent public sessions.
- On his role in talks, Dubé said he is not the right person to continue negotiations with family doctors over changes to the controversial doctor-payment law he helped push through.
- He said he is stepping down for the good of patients, physicians and the health-care system, and his announcement was published Dec. 18, 2025, following a Dec. 9 legislature session.
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Christian Dubé resigns as Quebec health minister after doctor-payment law weakened
MONTREAL — With his signature legislation to modernize doctor compensation diluted, Christian Dubé announced on Thursday he would resign as health minister and quit the Coalition Avenir Québec party altogether.
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24heures.caThe departure of the Minister of Health, Christian Dubé, seriously complicates the situation of the Coalition futur Québec (CAQ), said Gaétan Barrette.
After a tumultuous year, Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé has announced his resignation from his position and, consequently, his departure from the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ). He will now sit as an independent in the National Assembly. Also read: “Ti-coune,” “loser,” “peddleur”: These are the words banned in the National Assembly. The MNA for La Prairie made the announcement “frankly and transparently” in a lengthy post shared on his soc…
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