Quebec Election Day 6: CAQ admits that family doctor for all Quebecers ‘not possible’
Posted September 2, 2022 11:36 am.
Last Updated September 2, 2022 5:35 pm.
The Coalition Avenir Quebec is admitting that all Quebecers are not going to have access to a family doctor.
Party leader François Legault had promised everyone a family doctor during the 2018 election campaign but failed to follow through after he was elected premier.
On Day 6 of Quebec’s election campaign, outgoing Health Minister Christian Dubé says the party won’t promise something that is “not possible.”
Instead, he says what Quebecers really need is access to a health-care professional – such as a nurse.
He says Quebecers realized during the COVID-19 pandemic that they can get proper health services from a host of health-care workers, not just doctors.
Legault and Dubé are announcing that if they are re-elected, the CAQ will launch a digital health platform that will serve as an entry point into the health system and direct people to the right health-care professional.
The Liberals, meanwhile, have promised that if they are elected, all Quebecers will have access to a family doctor.
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The Quebec Liberal Party spent the day campaigning away from the party’s Montreal-area strongholds, which they have been doing since the start of the campaign.
From a subsidized daycare in Gatineau, leader Dominique Anglade is promising $8.70 daycare for all families, if elected, adding 52,000 daycare spots.
She said the lack of action from the CAQ to reduce daycare wait lists caused “a step backwards for women in Quebec.”
Quebec solidaire was in Gaspe where party spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois promised a $15,000 yearly salary for family caregivers.
The Parti Québécois also promised more money for seniors’ care, saying they will triple the budget for home care available to seniors, if elected.
The Conservative Party of Quebec also focused on healthcare. Leader Eric Duhaime saying, from Lachute, that his party will open the door to more privatization within health care institutions.
Meanwhile, provincial police have launched a a 24/7 hotline available to candidates after a recent increase in threats and violence against those running in the election.
