Quebec Premier François Legault said he had no intention of backtracking on his contentious Bill 2 health reform the day after thousands of doctors held a mass rally in Montreal .

“I would prefer that instead of going to the Bell Centre, the doctors would send their representatives to negotiate with the government,” Legault said Monday. “We adopted Bill 2 with the objective of giving more services to Quebecers. There are 1.5 million Quebecers who don’t have a family doctor. There are many who do have a family doctor, but don’t have access in the evenings or on weekends. We are trying to discuss … how to provide better access.”

More than 12,000 medical practitioners gathered at the Bell Centre in the largest demonstration of its kind in Quebec history Sunday, organized by the province’s m

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