Quebec Premier François Legault met again Friday with the heads of the federations representing Quebec’s family doctors and medical specialists in an effort to restart talks on Bill 2, the controversial law that would impose a new payment model on the province’s doctors.

The talks broke down Thursday after doctors said the government seemed to want them to simply agree to the new law, which currently includes obligations to take on more patients and stiff punishments for not complying. The doctors say the premier had led them to believe in a meeting last week that the government side would be open to substantial changes to the law.

The talks will now enter into a “blitz” phase, with the two sides sitting down through the weekend, said Dr. Marc-André Amyot, president of the Fédération des

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