More Quebec doctors quit amid health-care 'crisis'

CBC News

· Posted: Nov 07, 2025 2:21 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago

Monique Chartrand suffers from a humor upset and is disquieted the increasing exodus of doctors from her state pursuing the transition of a arguable measure volition disrupt her care.

Chartrand's household doc precocious informed her he's considering leaving Quebec's nationalist wellness strategy due to the fact that of Bill 2. The divisive legislation, adopted into instrumentality past month, is drafting the ire of doctors successful portion due to the fact that it imposes a caller wage operation connected physicians.

"I consciousness wholly alone," Chartrand said successful French to Radio-Canada, adding that she doesn't blasted her household doc due to the fact that she supports doctors who are captious of the bill.

According to the province's nationalist wellness bureau Santé Québec, since Bill 2 went into instrumentality connected Oct. 25, astir 30 physicians person signalled their intent to resign successful the coming weeks and months.

The College of Physicians of Ontario has reported receiving 250 applications from Quebec doctors since Oct. 23.

Ottawa's Montfort Hospital says it has received much than 50 applications from Quebec doctors since the commencement of October.

Monique Chartrand says her household doc precocious informed her that helium is consideing leaving Quebec's nationalist wellness strategy due to the fact that of Bill 2. (Radio-Canada)

Jean Pigeon, president and CEO of the Outaouais Health Foundation, said if surgeons permission Quebec and operating rooms are shuttered, technicians and nurses could besides fly the province.

That volition lone marque recruiting caller health-care employees much difficult, helium said.

In a written connection to Radio-Canada connected Thursday, Santé Québec said cardinal positions volition beryllium filled, and nary interaction connected objective services is being observed.

On Friday, however, the province's lawman wellness curate acknowledged the concern has reached the "crisis" stage.

"All I privation is for america to resume discussions with doctors, to get retired of this crisis, to enactment together, and to enactment successful spot the indispensable resources to assistance doctors successful Quebec service their patients," Sonia Bélanger told Radio-Canada successful French.