Quebec Premier François Legault is extending an olive branch to the province’s doctors amid a fight over a new law that changes how physicians are paid.

Legault said Tuesday he wants to restart talks with doctors about the terms of his government’s payment reform bill, which was fast-tracked through the provincial legislature late last month.

The new law ties part of physicians’ remuneration to performance targets, and threatens steep fines for those who use pressure tactics to boycott the changes. Doctors have been up in arms since the law was adopted, arguing it muzzles them and could drive physicians out of Quebec.

Legault has been under pressure from within his party and from outside the province. On Tuesday, he expelled a member of his caucus who was apparently unhappy with the leg

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