Quebec tables new proposals to the FIQ to break the deadlock [Video]

Quebec says it tabled new proposals with the Fédération interprofessionnelle de la santé du Québec (FIQ) on Thursday in the hope of resolving the impasse that has persisted over the renewal of the collective agreement for more than 500 days.

“In the proposals we tabled earlier today, we suggest a different path to achieve our objective of flexibility that would allow us to provide better care for Quebecers,” said the office of Sonia LeBel, the President of the Treasury Board.

The minister said that the government is reaching out to the FIQ “to conclude an agreement that respects both the needs of the public and the demands of FIQ nurses”.

The issue of nurses’ mobility is at the heart of the dispute that persists between the parties.

Health institution managers want to be able to move nurses from one care unit or even institution to another to meet needs wherever …