Overview
- Dubé announced he is resigning as health minister, leaving the CAQ, and will sit as an Independent MNA for La Prairie until the end of his mandate.
- The move comes after the government reached a tentative agreement with family doctors to dilute the new doctor-payment law, with a membership vote expected Friday.
- The deal removes performance-related penalties and a colour‑coded patient‑assignment plan, abandoning the 2027 universal assignment goal in favour of incentives to enrol 500,000 patients by June 2026.
- Implementation has been postponed to Feb. 28, 2026 to allow legislative revisions, with reports of an additional $435 million in compensation for family doctors.
- Premier François Legault accepted the resignation as the CAQ’s seat count drops to 80 in the 125-seat legislature, and Dubé acknowledged errors in the law’s rollout and tone of negotiations.