Today, there are approximately one million Quebecers who do not have a family doctor. More than 159,000 Quebecers are waiting for surgery. Even those who enjoy this right cannot always access health care within a reasonable time. It is clear that the deplorable crisis at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital, which had to close its emergency room overnight to assert that the Canadian approach to health care, that of the public monopoly, advocated since the 1940s, does not work not.
During the last election campaign, the CAQ made numerous promises aimed at remedying the shortcomings of our health care system, such as the creation of the Health Quebec agency and, thanks to the rise of the PCQ in the polls, the set up in the east end of Montreal and in Quebec City private medical centers that will offer medical services reimbursed by the RAMQ.
Moreover, as reported by the Montreal Journal last July, a 65-year-old Montrealer who waited more than 11 hours for an ambulance despite calling 911 died. If the system wasn’t failing, this man wouldn’t be dead. The Prime Minister can boast as much as he wants of the managerial qualities of Health Minister Dubé, but there are always Quebeckers who are suffering because of the Legault government’s inertia in health matters. In order to manage a big problem, new solutions are needed. Whether it is the adoption of duplicate insurance or the abolition of the TSO, Mr. Dubé must act. In 2026, a third CAQ mandate will depend on it…
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