Christian Dube promises to ‘gradually wean’ the health network away from the private sector [Video]

Health Minister Christian Dubé, who said Tuesday morning that he wanted to “wean” the healthcare system off the private sector, has backpedaled.

“I made a mistake with the term,” he told journalists at the National Assembly. “I should have looked it up in the dictionary first. I want to be very, very clear: the private sector will remain complementary to our public system. We need them to serve our patients.”

During the period question, he repeated “we want private, we want private.”

Earlier that morning he said “I think we’re very close to being able to gradually wean ourselves off the private network,” during a two-hour questioning session requested by Québec solidaire (QS) MNA Vincent Marissal.

“Yesterday, I was listening to Dr. (Mauril) Gaudreault of the Collège des médecins, who said that the important thing is to stop this growth. I agree 100 per cent,” he had said.

“We’re going …