Quebec Private Doctors Challenge Law Forcing Five Years of Public System Work

Medical tools are pictured in an exam room at a health clinic in Calgary, on July 14, 2023. The Canadian Press/Jeff McIntosh

Quebec’s private doctors federation is mounting a legal challenge against a law that requires all new doctors to practice in the province’s public system for five years.

The Fédération des médecins en pratique privée du Québec is asking Superior Court for a stay on the measure, which they describe as unjustified and discriminatory.