Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant is leaving his position in the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government and says he will sit as an Independent.

The longtime minister announced the decision, which he called difficult and "heart-wrenching," alongside Premier François Legault on Thursday morning.

"The last few weeks have been difficult and have led me to refocus my priorities," he said in the news conference. "I am choosing my family."

Carmant resigns day after daughter's open letter

He resigns as doctors across Quebec prepare a legal challenge against the province’s special law — Bill 2 — which imposes a salary structure on doctors.

Several doctors have already said they will be leaving Quebec's public health-care system and dozens have already begun applying for licenses to

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