New Quebec bill aims to phase out use of private health agencies
The ministry is also giving itself powers to inspect and investigate institutions.
“We have to stay focused on one thing: get rid of agencies,” said Vincent Marissal, Québec solidaire’s health critic. “If you have all kinds of provisions in the draft bill that allow the minister personally to decide that he will keep agencies, I mean it’s counterproductive.”Critics say that the bill is only a shell that doesn’t address the crux of the issue.
“None of this can work — you cannot reduce your dependency of agencies unless you have better working conditions,” said Liberal health critic André Fortin. The province says there are currently 11,278 full time jobs being outsourced to private agencies, which include 2,894 nurses and 2,894 patient attendants.
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