sweeping health-care reform legislation, Bill 15<\/a>. <\/p>\n“I’m convinced that today, Sant\u00e9 Qu\u00e9bec possesses solid foundations and an exceptional team capable of continuing the work already begun. It’s precisely because we’ve reached this important step that I feel the moment has come for me to pass on the torch,” Germain said. <\/p>\n
The news of Germain’s departure was met with support and praise for her contributions to the agency from Sant\u00e9 Qu\u00e9bec’s CEO Genevi\u00e8ve Biron and Health Minister Sonia B\u00e9langer. <\/p>\n
“Beginnings are often the most challenging. [Germain] chose to take part at this pivotal moment to help lay the foundations of this new agency,” B\u00e9langer wrote in a social media post, adding “Quebec owes her a great deal.” <\/p>\n
Controversial appointment<\/p>\n
But Germain’s time as chair was also marked by some controversy. <\/p>\n
She was first named to the board in May 2024, along with 14 other members, by former health minister Christian Dub\u00e9. Some of those members were also well known public figures, including former MP Diane Lamarre and doctors Stanley Vollant and David Lussier. <\/p>\n
But some criticized Germain’s appointment, calling it partisan. <\/p>\n
Among the critics was Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois MP Pascal B\u00e9rub\u00e9, who claimed Germain was an acquaintance of then premier Fran\u00e7ois Legault, and called her “one of the founding members of the Coalition Avenir Qu\u00e9bec.”<\/p>\n
Dub\u00e9 defended his government from accusations of partisan appointments, noting that Lamarre is a former Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois MP. <\/p>\n
Last March, Germain was called out for ‘liking’ a post on Instagram shared by Quebec’s minister of culture and communications, Mathieu Lacombe, that promoted Christine Fr\u00e9chette’s candidacy as the next leader of the CAQ, despite her mandate to remain partisan. <\/p>\n
Germain apologized at the time, saying she acted on impulse and didn’t watch the entire video. <\/p>\n
In the announcement of her departure from the board, Germain said helping to launch Sant\u00e9 Qu\u00e9bec “was an exceptional privilege that few people have the chance to experience in their career.” <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":787410,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[49,48,295,66],"class_list":["post-787409","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\/787409","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=787409"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/787409\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/787410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=787409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=787409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=787409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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