PQ open to abolishing Sante Quebec [Video]

A PQ government could abolish the Santé Québec agency, which the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) will set up on Dec. 1.

Parti Québécois (PQ) leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon suggested on Sunday that he isn’t convinced of the agency’s relevance.

The new agency, headed by Geneviève Biron, will coordinate the activities of the healthcare network.

“Everything is on the table,” St-Pierre Plamondon told journalists in Victoriaville before taking part in his party’s national health council.

“Let’s take a look at what Santé Québec is used for and make a decision about the usefulness of this structure.”

The PQ leader fears that this agency will make tough decisions, like the $1 billion in cuts recently invoked,, while the Health Minister washes his hands of the matter.

“(The government) doesn’t have an answer to give because it’s Santé Québec,” he said. “If this is used as a screen for cuts without the minister …