QUEBEC – Unable to reach a negotiated deal over a new salary structure with doctors, the Coalition Avenir Québec government Friday brought the hammer down, tabling legislation imposing an agreement on them that includes stiff penalties for pressure tactics.

In a rare Friday sitting of the National Assembly, Health Minister Christian Dubé presented Bill 2, which integrates wide swaths of previous legislation Bill 106 , which proposed linking a total of 15 per cent of doctor’s salary to performance standards which includes the number of patients under their care.

The bill will set patient care targets on a provincial, regional and local basis. Instead of the current system where doctors are paid by the medical act, in the future pay will be based on the number of patients cared for and how

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