You only have a few days left to exercise your right to vote to determine which labour organization will negotiate the local provisions of the new collective agreement in your institution.

The latest edition of the brochure, A Safe Maternity Experience/Parental Leaves, for the healthcare professionals is now available online.

For several days now, there has been a persistent rumour that Minister Gaétan Barrette was about to impose “his own” ratios, even before the pilot projects started. To learn more, read the latest blog from the president, Régine Laurent.

Despite that this bill will have direct impacts on all the healthcare professionals, the Liberal government has refused to hear the point of view of the FIQ during the specific consultations. Just the same, the FIQ sent an opinion to the secretariat of the Commission de la santé et des services sociaux summarizing their position on Bill 130.

To mark and announce the upcoming opening of the Montréal-Nord neighbourhood clinic, the partners in this project held a day clinic on February 3. The people in the neighbourhood were able to come to the clinic and meet with a health professional for a glucose test, to have their blood pressure taken, to obtain advice, a consultation or referral services.

The Syndicat des professionnelles en soins de la Gaspésie (FIQ) strongly objected to the breakdown in the anaesthesia services for the entire Haute-Gaspésie sector which happened from February 10 to 17 and stated that the administration was aware of the situation since October 2016.