{"id":617866,"date":"2026-04-21T02:32:12","date_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:32:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617866\/"},"modified":"2026-04-21T02:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-04-21T02:32:12","slug":"medical-specialists-reach-tentative-agreement-with-quebec-government","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/617866\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical specialists reach tentative agreement with Quebec government"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After months of negotiating a controversial health care bill, the Quebec government has reached an agreement in principle with a federation representing medical specialists.<\/p>\n<p>Bill 2, which was tabled last fall under former Premier Francois Legault, attempted to impose salary cuts on physicians who didn\u2019t reach targets and was met with intense backlash from the medical community. Many doctors applied to work in different provinces or threatened to leave as dozens of family medicine clinics faced closure.<\/p>\n<p>The professional union representing Quebec\u2019s 11,000 medical specialists, the F\u00e9d\u00e9ration des m\u00e9decins sp\u00e9cialistes du Qu\u00e9bec (FMSQ), announced the agreement Monday in a post on X. So did Premier Christine Fr\u00e9chette.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m pleased to announce that we\u2019ve reached a tentative agreement with the FMSQ,\u201d Fr\u00e9chette wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs I\u2019ve often said, we needed to find a solution, and fast. This agreement respects Quebecers\u2019 ability to pay and will improve access to care for the entire population,\u201d she wrote, adding she will allow the FMSQ leadership to review the agreement before revealing the details.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">Heureuse d\u2019annoncer la conclusion d\u2019une entente de principe avec la <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FMSQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FMSQ<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>D\u00e8s mon arriv\u00e9e en poste la semaine derni\u00e8re, j\u2019ai rencontr\u00e9 <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FEDuranceauCAQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FEDuranceauCAQ<\/a> et <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SBelangerCAQ?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@SBelangerCAQ<\/a> pour faire le point sur les discussions. Je l\u2019ai dit souvent, il fallait trouver une solution et rapidement.\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Christine Fr\u00e9chette (@CFrechette) <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CFrechette\/status\/2046323080814080333?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The FMSQ also confirmed it reached \u201can agreement in principle with the Quebec government\u201d that \u201cwill be presented shortly to the relevant bodies for approval.\u201d<\/p>\n<p lang=\"fr\" dir=\"ltr\">MISE \u00c0 JOUR SUR LA N\u00c9GOCIATION<\/p>\n<p>La FMSQ confirme \u00eatre parvenue \u00e0 une entente de principe avec le gouvernement du Qu\u00e9bec pour le renouvellement de son Accord-cadre.<\/p>\n<p>L\u2019entente sera pr\u00e9sent\u00e9e prochainement aux instances pour approbation.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 FMSQ (@FMSQ) <a rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FMSQ\/status\/2046323178469810307?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 20, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/montrealgazette.com\/author\/lschertzerpostmedia-com\/\" class=\"postmedia-author-card__image-link\" rel=\"author image nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Profile picture of Leora Schertzer\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1776738732_251_afc8eeddfc3824e65d0c2785c93ad2ebbc8e84979d44b17d00382f94b044539f.png\" class=\"avatar avatar-96 photo\" height=\"96\" width=\"96\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\t\tLeora Schertzer is a reporter at the Montreal Gazette who thrives on the chase. Whether it\u2019s producing a documentary about sewage or investigating a Nazi gold scandal, it\u2019s the novelty and adrenaline that keep her in this challenging industry. Send her tips at lschertzer@postmedia.com.\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\tEditor\u2019s Picks\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t<script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"After months of negotiating a controversial health care bill, the Quebec government has reached an agreement in principle&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":617867,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,3717,66],"class_list":["post-617866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-environment","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-environment","tag-labour","tag-science"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617866","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=617866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/617866\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/617867"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=617866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=617866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=617866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}