Labor & Employment

Social Services Minister Dr. Lionel Carmant, who himself is a physician, has resigned from caucus, deepening a crisis engulfing the Quebec government over a recently passed law imposing a new payment system on the province’s doctors.

The new bill says doctors who take ‘concerted action’ to boycott the government’s policies could face fines of up to $500,000 per day.

Outgoing CMA CEO Tim Smith on physician shortages, the MD Financial sale and why membership numbers don’t tell the whole story.

A final report into allegations of corruption in Alberta government health contracts says it was widely known two staffers were in conflicts of interest but no steps were taken by senior officials.

Ontario’s exclusion of Internationally Trained Physicians from the CaRMS R-1 first iteration must be reversed.

The government is engaged in a major standoff with physicians. Bill 106 aims, among other things, to link part of their compensation to performance indicators.

The Federation of General Practitioners called for an arbitration process, but the Legault government cut short this request on Wednesday. Health Minister Christian Dubé has argued that this could cost up to $1.8 billion in additional compensation.

Athana Mentzelopoulos claims individuals high in government interfered in overpriced health deals for private surgical companies and medical suppliers while she was head of Alberta Health Services.