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CTV News
23-05-2025
- Business
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Quebec government engineers resume strike
An engineer looks at an equation. (Pexels) Quebec government engineers are back on an indefinite strike as of 8 a.m. on Friday. The 2,100 engineers, members of the Association professionnelle des ingénieurs du gouvernement du Québec (APIGQ), work for the ministries of transport, municipal affairs, environment, cybersecurity and more. Strike actions first affected evenings, nights and weekends before workers launched an indefinite strike on May 2. It was suspended from May 13 to 23, when they returned to work. Salaries are not at the center of the dispute, as the Quebec government has offered them an increase of 17.4 per cent over five years, the same amount granted to all government employees. What is in question is the sectoral envelope, the amount set aside for things like insurance, offices and salary structure. The office of Treasury Board President Sonia LeBel claims it offered the same sectoral envelope to the engineers as it did to other sectors, but the APIGQ argues that other unions got more. -- This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French on May 23, 2024.
CTV News
04-05-2025
- Health
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Family doctors reject Quebec government's latest offer
Family doctors have rejected the Quebec government's latest offer in the negotiations to renew the framework agreement. The Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ) made the announcement Saturday. The 150 delegates of the FMOQ, which represents family doctors in the public health system, unanimously rejected the offer in a vote held over the weekend. The offer tabled by the government on March 19 would have changed the remuneration model for family doctors, particularly by introducing colour codes for each patient. The offer published on the Treasury Board's website stated the government wanted to introduce 'a performance-based principle, with relevant clinical performance indicators determined by the Ministry of Health.' The government's proposal relied on colour codes established by the Institut national d'excellence en santé et services sociaux (INESSS) based on a patient's health condition to determine family doctor remuneration. The colour codes were: $12 for a green patient (patients with episodic problems); $74 for a yellow patient (minor chronic health problems with no functional impact); $124 for an orange patient (moderate health problems requiring regular follow-up, such as cancer); and $223 for a red patient (major health problems with complex conditions). At the time, FMOQ President Dr. Marc-André Amyot said he was in favour of revising the remuneration method, but was quick to speak out against the government's colour codes. In Saturday's announcement, the FMOQ said it also rejected 'the Quebec government's proposal to withdraw family doctors from patients who are registered individually in order to register them collectively.' Treasury Board President Sonia LeBel's office said it has taken note of the FMOQ's rejection of the proposal. 'We will continue discussions with the FMOQ. No one will lose their family doctor. We are working to ensure that Quebecers have access to the right professionals and care when they need it,' it said in a written statement Sunday. This report by The Canadian Press was first published in French May 4, 2025.
