More than 10,000 demonstrators descended on Montreal’s Bell Centre on Sunday to demand the suspension of a new law that changes how doctors in the province are paid.

Organized by a quartet of medical federations, the protest took aim at legislation known as Bill 2 that Premier François Legault forced through the national assembly late last month.

“This is a united message from the four medical federations, from all the experts in Quebec, telling François Legault and (Health Minister) Christian Dubé to put Bill 2 on hold,” said Dr. Marc-André Amyot, president of the Federation of General Practitioners of Quebec, shortly before the event kicked off.

“Imposing measures as they are currently doing will lead to disasters and abuses, and these disasters have already begun: 550 doctors hav

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