(Quebec) The Parti Québécois and Québec solidaire were skeptical about the appointment of Christiane Germain as head of the board of directors of the Santé Québec agency.
Québec solidaire (QS) finds it worrying that there is no one from the social services sector and fears the marginalization of this sector within Santé Québec.
The government appointed the board of directors of Santé Québec on Wednesday.
In addition to Mme Germain, who is co-founder and co-president of the hotel company that bears her name, includes the former president of the Order of Pharmacists of Quebec and former PQ MP Diane Lamarre, the former commissioner and ex-president of the Special Commission on the Rights of Children and Youth Protection, Régine Laurent, the geriatrician David Lussier, and the medical advisor for the Health and Social Services Commission of the First Nations of Quebec and Labrador, Stanley Volant .
The Parti Québécois (PQ) questioned why it was necessary to appoint someone from the private sector as president. PQ MP Pascal Bérubé made a point of emphasizing that Prime Minister François Legault knows Christiane Germain well.
Unlike the PQ, the Liberal Party of Quebec (PLQ) does not see a problem with a private appointment and believes that Mme Germain has all the necessary skills. The interim Liberal leader, Marc Tanguay, however, wanted to point out that it is not she who will resolve the problems in the health system since the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) came to power.