The use of the private system in the health network divides the main politicians, to the dismay of the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ).
Posted at 5:06 p.m.
During a debate on the theme of health organized by the FIQ and the FIQP on Monday afternoon, the outgoing Minister of Health, Christian Dubé, said he was open to using the private sector as a solution to improve the first line.
The Conservative Party of Quebec went even further. “We are proposing a liberalization of the health network, so we are proposing to make the private system accessible with the health insurance card if the delays are unreasonable or if the costs are cheaper in the private sector”, declared the Conservative candidate, Karim Elayoubi.
An “inconceivable” measure for the president of the FIQ, Julie Bouchard. “Let’s take these amounts and ensure that we can invest them in the public network to have a single employer with a set of better conditions and above all to be able to offer better services”, she declared in conference. press following the debate.
For the FIQ, the next government must first focus on its own public services instead of calling on the private sector. Québec solidaire is of the same opinion. “It’s heresy to go through the private sector if we haven’t given everything that was needed in the public system for it to work,” said the solidarity candidate, Isabelle Leblanc.
The Parti Québécois also wants to bet on the public system. “We will not succeed if we combine the public and private network. We will not be able to meet the working conditions of the private sector if we stay like this, ”said PQ member Sylvie Tanguay.
The unanimous parties
To improve the health network, the five main parties were however unanimous: we must put an end to compulsory overtime (TSO) and adopt a professional-patient ratio.
“If there’s one flagship measure that I want to eliminate, it’s the TSO,” said Mr. Dubé. But you can’t eliminate it with a magic wand, he says. “That’s why we made a very clear plan, with a dozen concrete actions, which will allow us to remove the TSO,” he said.
Byanca Jeune, candidate for the Liberal Party of Quebec second. “It doesn’t happen overnight,” she said. To eliminate OSI, it wants to improve working conditions and schedule management, set up daycare centers in the workplace, speed up the recognition of diplomas for newcomers, recruit staff from other Canadian provinces and increase admission to CEGEPs and universities.