The Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens files legal action against Quebec
Posted September 12, 2025 1:44 pm.
The Fédération des médecins omnipraticiens du Québec (FMOQ) filed a legal challenge against the Quebec Ministry of Health and Social Services Friday morning.
The FMOQ is asking the Quebec Superior Court to “declare that the government failed in its duty of good faith during negotiations on the renewal of the agreement” with family doctors, according to the court filing.
The physicians maintain that, since Aug. 2024, the government “has adopted an intransigent stance during the negotiations of the General Agreement, the most recent version of which expired on March 31, 2023,” and call Bill 106 “a sword of Damocles hanging over the heads of general practitioners.”
The legislation would, among other things, tie up to 25 per cent of family doctors’ pay to performance indicators.
But the FMOQ argues the bill could lead to shorter, less personalized consultations as doctors try to meet government-imposed volume quotas.
The federation also says appointments could become harder to get, particularly for healthy patients or those with minor conditions.
In its filing, the FMOQ also accuses Premier François Legault and Health Minister Christian Dubé of conducting “a campaign of misinformation and denigration against Quebec’s family doctors,” claiming, for example, that some doctors are not working enough, which allegedly harms efforts to improve public access to primary care.
The federation said it has made numerous proposals to improve access to care, but “these proposals have been ignored at the negotiating table by the government.”
Medical Specialists plan pressure tactics
Bill 106, tabled in the National Assembly on May 8, would also link the pay of specialist doctors to performance indicators. Both the FMOQ and the Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec (FMSQ) oppose this model of remuneration.
The FMSQ announced Thursday that specialist doctors will begin pressure measures next week.
“Starting Monday, we will stop participating in medical-administrative meetings,” said FMSQ president Dr. Vincent Oliva. Specialists will also stop teaching pre-graduate medical students, but will continue, “for now,” to teach residents.
–This report by La Presse Canadienne was translated by CityNews
