François Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec government is forcing through special legislation to change the compensation model for family doctors and medical specialists and put an end to pressure tactics.

Bill 2, titled an Act mainly to establish collective responsibility with respect to improvement of access to medical services and to ensure continuity of provision of those services, was tabled at the National Assembly Friday morning.

The premier said the state of negotiations with Quebec doctors and medical specialists had left him with no other choice, saying "we are not doing this against doctors, we are doing this for Quebecers."

The proposed legislation follows the broad lines of what was laid out in Bill 106, which was tabled in May, including linking physicians' pay to performan

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