The group representing Quebec medical specialists has ended mediation with the government and is asking Premier Fran\u00e7ois Legault to intervene after negotiations reached a deadlock.<\/p>\n
In a letter obtained by Radio-Canada and reviewed by CBC News, the president of the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des m\u00e9decins sp\u00e9cialistes du Qu\u00e9bec (FMSQ), Dr. Vincent Oliva, called on Legault to instruct his teams to carry forward the negotiations successfully and support the effort of his government\u2019s mediator.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cYou don’t motivate partners by constantly attacking them and deceiving them at the bargaining table. Your health minister is on the wrong track and is leading us all into a dead end,\u201d wrote Oliva.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe has lost our trust.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
Family doctors and medical specialists have been negotiating with Quebec and Bill 106 has been at the heart of tensions. The bill, among other things, would link the pay of physicians to performance indicators in an effort to get them to take on more patients.<\/p>\n
The FMSQ is hoping to renew the framework agreement it has with the government and is opposed to the proposed remuneration method.<\/p>\n
Last month, members stopped teaching undergraduate students and supervising their clinical placements in protest of the bill.<\/p>\n
Last week, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des m\u00e9decins omnipraticiens du Qu\u00e9bec (FMOQ), the group representing family doctors, also put its teaching activities on hold in protest of Bill 106.<\/p>\n
In his letter to Legault, Oliva said medical specialists are prepared to work harder if they have the resources to do so, but to achieve this, the specialists must participate in developing \u201csolutions that take into account the medical needs of the population, through collaboration.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe are convinced that a law is not the right vehicle to achieve this,\u201d he stated.<\/p>\n
In his letter dated Oct. 18, Oliva called Bill 106 \u201cpunitive\u201d and \u201cincoherent.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
He wrote that three rounds of negotiations have been held since last summer and recently, a mediator joined the discussions. <\/p>\n
“Each of these attempts has failed due to your minister’s stubbornness and his desire to punish physicians for the problems in the health-care system,\u201d he wrote.\u00a0<\/p>\n
In a written response to Oliva \u2014 also obtained by Radio-Canada and reviewed by CBC \u2014 Legault reaffirmed his support for the new remuneration system, stating that it is \u201cessential to ensure access [to health care] throughout the province.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cOver the past few weeks, we have shared with you a series of parameters that demonstrate our openness to reaching an agreement. However, our goal of providing access to all Quebecers remains firm,\u201d wrote Legault, in a letter sent on Sunday.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Legault said his representatives were available to continue discussions at the bargaining table \u201cwith the parameters already expressed\u201d and invited the FMSQ to resume negotiations.<\/p>\n
On Monday morning, Treasury Board President France-\u00c9laine Duranceau published a joint statement with Health Minister Christian Dub\u00e9 on X, echoing Legault\u2019s remarks that the government is inviting the groups to come back to the bargaining table.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cWe have taken note of the end of mediation with the FMSQ,\u201d Duranceau and Dub\u00e9 wrote.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe goal remains to ensure better access to care for Quebecers, in particular through affiliation with a health-care facility.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The group representing Quebec medical specialists has ended mediation with the government and is asking Premier Fran\u00e7ois Legault…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":231985,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-231984","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231984","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=231984"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/231984\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/231985"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=231984"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=231984"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=231984"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}