Negotiations with doctors: Legault has lost ‘all credibility,’ says PLQ’s Fortin

Premier François Legault has lost “all credibility” in the standoff with doctors, says Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) parliamentary leader André Fortin.

Having previously focused on penalties, Legault reaffirmed on Tuesday that he was prepared to offer them “financial benefits”.

“Mr. Legault told us: ‘I will go all the way, I will do what no previous government was prepared to do’ (…) and today he tells us: ‘I am presenting financial incentives’,” Fortin noted at a press conference on Wednesday.

“Mr. Legault has lost all the credibility he could have had on this issue. (…) His comments demonstrate the utter ridiculousness of the approach,” he added.

The government’s actions this fall have created “irreparable harm” to thousands of patients and “entire regions like mine,” argued the Liberal