In less than 36 hours, more than 1,500 people have emailed Minister France-Élaine Duranceau, asking her to stop Bill 7, which would do away with the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (lNSPQ).
“As our independent public health authority, the INSPQ plays an essential and very specific role in our healthcare system,” said Sonia Bureau, interim president of CUPE’s Conseil provincial des affaires sociales (CPAS). “Abolishing it would rechannel resources to the network’s curative care at the expense of preventive health measures. Let’s not forget that Quebec is a world-renowned expert in public health.”
Even though closing the INSPQ is a major event, employees were not consulted and, even worse, learned the news through the media. We must denounce the current administration’s practices, which don’t even apply basic decency.
Bureau pointed out that “the CAQ has not reduced wait times in the ER. It has failed to solve the issue of specialists’ pay. And it has not increased Quebecers’ access to family practitioners. Does this government really believe it has the skills to completely reform the INSPQ?”
Demand that the INSPQ’s expertise be maintained. Send a letter to Minister Duranceau to save public health in Quebec.