It is the turn of thousands of workers in health and social services who provide home care or who go to the homes of families to be confronted with the increase in the price of gasoline, for a few months.
Posted at 3:07 p.m.
Their unions are asking the government to agree with them on a compensatory amount to make up for the shortfall.
Usually, the allowances paid for the use of the vehicle in the context of work are adjusted in April and October each year, explained in an interview Monday the president of the Interprofessional Health Federation (FIQ), Julie Bouchard. She would like the workers affected to receive a compensatory amount by the next review.
The allowance is 62 cents per kilometer, since 1er April, then 55 cents after 8,000 kilometers, noted the union leader.
“It is clearly insufficient” and nurses, social workers and others must now “pay out of pocket” to be able to continue to provide care and services to patients and families.
A petition has also been launched to support them; it is available on the website of the National Assembly.