Bill 2, adopted under a gag order by the Quebec government in late October, ties part of physicians’ salaries to performance targets, a shift many doctors warn will strain an already fragile primary-care system.

With the National Assembly shutting down Dec. 13 for its winter break until Feb. 2, doctors are racing to get Bill 2 amended before the Dec. 12 cutoff.

Some clinics say the financial pressure is so severe that they may be forced to shut down, with roughly 40 across the province considering closure.

One of them is a Côte Saint-Luc clinic run by Montreal family doctor Dr. Michael Kalin, who also serves as a local coordinator for the Département Territorial de Médecine Familiale de Montréal (DTMF).

CityNews spoke with Dr. Kalin about the potential fallout of Bill 2 and what it cou

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