Quebec to force new doctors to stay in the province and work in public system

Those who want to leave Quebec or work in the private system will face 'consequences,' the province's health minister said on Monday

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is planning to force new doctors trained in the province to work in Quebec’s public health-care system for the first few years of their practice, in a bid to slow the loss of physicians to the private sector and to other provinces.

Health Minister Christian Dubé says he will table a bill by the end of the legislative session, to be debated next spring, that would require family doctors and specialists to start their careers in Quebec’s public network.