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The clause-by-clause review of Health Minister Christian Dubé’s major health-care reform, Bill 15, resumed at the National Assembly Monday afternoon.

After hearing from several concerned parties in hearings last spring, the committee on health and social services will now continue to review the bill’s nearly 1,200 articles. If it’s adopted, the bill would make several changes to the province’s health-care system, including the creation of a new agency, Santé-Québec, that would oversee day-to-day operations.

Opposition parties have accused the health minister of passing the buck with this new agency, and fear it could lead to the further centralization of the health-care system, as well as a lack of accountability.

“We have to be realistic. The bill is tabled. It will be adopted eventually by the majority government, so this agency will be created,” said  Parti-Québecois Health Critic Joël Arseneau.

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[ad_1] The sale of vaping products with a flavour or aroma other than tobacco will be prohibited in Quebec, the health minister announced today.Starting Oct. 31, the government will also be limiting the maximum nicotine concentration of all vaping products sold in the province to 20 mg/ml.In April, Health Minister Christian Dubé first sought to amend regulations linked to the application of the Tobacco Control Act with the hope of making vaping less appealing to minors.Dubé emphasized that point Wednesday, saying the latest regulations are designed to protect young people from the "harmful and worrisome effects of vaping.""It is by improving the health of Quebecers that we will contribute to taking preventive action and reducing the pressure on our health network," he said in a statement. "It's our responsibility, and we will ensure that these substances become less attractive to everyone."Part of that strategy means limiting the capacity of tanks and pods to two millilitres and the maximum volume of vape liquid refill containers to 30 millilitres.Quebec will also require certain information to be displayed on vaping products and their packaging and it will also regulate some aspects of vaping products that make them more appealing to young clients.Vaping companies request 6-month extensionVita Canada — the association of vaping industry representatives in Canada — is asking for an additional six months before the law is enforced.It says the extension would help "prevent vaping shops from suffering significant financial losses and having to throw away a large quantity of products with consequences on the environment," a news release from the association said.Daniel Marien, founding director of Vita Canada, cautioned that young Quebecers may try to thwart the system by obtaining flavoured vapes illegally on the black market or online using prepaid cards"We are outraged, bitter and deeply disappointed by the government's stubbornness to ban flavours in vaping," he said in a statement. "The government is making a monumental mistake by relying on wishful thinking to protect our young people from vaping."Eric Gagnon, vice-president of legal and external affairs of Imperial Tobacco Canada, says introducing severe penalties for anyone supplying vaping products to minors would be a more effective approach to protecting young people from vaping than restricting products with flavours. "We agree that too many young people are vaping and that they shouldn't be. However, the extreme restrictions on flavours in vaping products that are being adopted today will not solve this problem," he said.  [ad_2] Source link

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Dubé veut connaître « l’ampleur » du problème

Dubé veut connaître « l’ampleur » du problème: https://lp.ca/abH3xQ?sharing=true

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Modernisation de l'Hôpital d'Amos : Une amélioration majeure des soins de santé en Abitibi-Ouest

Le ministre de la Santé annonce un projet d’agrandissement et de modernisation de l’Hôpital d’Amos Le ministre de la Santé, Christian Dubé, et la députée d’Abitibi-Ouest, Suzanne Blais, ont annoncé aujourd’hui que le projet d’agrandissement et de modernisation des unités d’urgence et de soins intensifs de l’Hôpital d’Amos est en bonne voie avec l’élaboration de son dossier d’affaires. Le projet…

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Opposition parties labelled François Legault’s health transfer negotiations a failure one day after Ottawa made its offer. They say coming back with one-sixth of what was needed is not enough.

Critics say Legault came out of negotiations with Prime Minister Trudeau and other premiers Tuesday afternoon sounding resigned over Ottawa’s offer. On Wednesday, the opposition let him know he could not give up.

The federal government has offered provinces $196.1 billion over the next decade, including $46.2 billion in new money.

But it’s only one-sixth of the increase that the premiers originally asked for. It’s better than nothing but not enough, according to Legault.

Legault claimed that Trudeau has fallen short after two and a half years of negotiations. The Parti Quebecois blames federalism.

Quebec Solidaire says that with growing health needs and current long waiting lists for surgeries and even cancer treatments, the offer is ridiculous but also insulting.

Quebec’s health minister, Christian Dubé, says that regardless of Ottawa’s offer, Quebecers will not be let down. He says his plan to reform the healthcare system by 2025 is still on track.

But Legault says he is not giving up yet. We will continue to fight to get more, that’s for sure, Legault said.

The premiers are meeting to discuss whether or not they accept Ottawa’s offer. Meanwhile, Trudeau has stated that his government will provide all available funding.

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30 12 2022

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Le ministre Christian Dubé a évoqué l’idée de faire parvenir des factures symboliques aux usagers lorsqu’ils reçoivent des soins. (inédit)

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Quebec needs more nurses to answer flood of telehealth calls, health minister says

Quebec needs more nurses to answer flood of telehealth calls, health minister says

The province’s health minister is pleading with qualified nurses, asking them to sign up and lend a hand to the 811 service, saying the province’s telehealth staff are overwhelmed with an increase in calls. On Thursday, Christian Dubé said the province is looking for retired nurses, those working in the private sector and nursing students. He said they can sign up on the province’s recruitment…

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Guy Boulianne a envoyé un message à Youtube pour contester contre la suppression définitive de sa chaîne et l'ensemble de son contenu

Guy Boulianne a envoyé un message à Youtube pour contester contre la suppression définitive de sa chaîne et l’ensemble de son contenu

Comme vous le savez à peu près tous, ma chaîne Youtube (et tout son contenu) a été supprimée pour la simple raison que j’avais partagé l’extrait d’une conférence du ministre de la Santé et des Services sociaux du Québec, Christian Dubé, dans laquelle il disait implicitement : « On a hâte de vacciner pour éliminer nos personnes les plus vulnérables ». J’avais réalisé une conférence vidéo pour…

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The Incredulity of Saint Thomas

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas

The Incredulity of Saint Thomas by Caravaggio, c. 1602 —ooo— Doubting Thomas The Bible, both the Old and the New Testaments, provides unforgettable depictions of human behaviour. In this respect, the Bible is extremely rich.  Wikipedia provides a description of a doubting Thomas, now an archetype: “A doubting Thomas is a skeptic who refuses to believe without direct personal experience — a…

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Quebec Premier François Legault says his government is prepared to use the notwithstanding clause to force doctors trained in Quebec universities to begin their careers in the province's public system. Speaking to reporters at the legislature on Wednesday, the premier said his government is considering requiring medical graduates in Quebec to reimburse the government for the cost of their education unless they practise in the province for an unspecified period. "It's too important," Legault said. "We're short of doctors. The doctors we train at taxpayers' expense must practise in Quebec."

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summary of bordy’s new (but kinda old) podcast 

warning, this was a 2 hour long podcast so this is about to be veryyyy long :) hope you all enjoy! 

this was filmed at 11:05 am either on february 16th or the 23rd, bords only had one class that day

they practice at 3:00pm 

only has 4 classes per sessions/ term

called briss “one of my best buds” 

wouldn’t mind joining the caa once he retires, also said it’d be nice to do something with briss once they both retire (boyfriends af)

briss does not know how to speak french, he might understand it but bords didn’t say anything about that

but, if bords is ever on the phone with his dad (seb) briss will say 2-3 swear words (little delinquent)

says his dad talks in a france french accent in interviews, and bords’ thinks it’s funny but also thinks “what are you doing?” 

 listens to his dad’s podcasts and learns new things about him, and vice-versa

bordy knew how to speak german when he lived in switzerland, but doesn’t anymore

people in quebec would make fun of him for his france french accent, his quebec accent would back at the end of the summer, and then people in switzerland would make fun of him for that. called it a “lose lose situation”

misses switzerland a lot, and wants to take his kids there one day

talks for like 10-20 minutes of switzerland and just stuff related to that

would play on outdoor rinks

if it rained, they’d still play with water on the ice

coaches kids during the summer

says it’s very more competitive in quebec than in switzerland

how hockey worked for him in europe was that they’d go to a rink in the middle of the woods, there’d be 16 teams, 8 games of half ice per day, shifts of 1 minutes and they had 6 players on their team

thinks montreal fans are the worst in the nhl (buddy i agree) 

when he came back to montreal, his dad wanted him to play peewee instead of atom to have more ice time

they came back to montreal because his mom had a good job offer here

they talked for a couple of minutes of christian dubé, he’s the reason why seb went to play in switzerland

had mixed feelings when his parents told him they were moving to quebec

what shocked him the most when they moved back was the parents

the parents were jealous of him and kinda talking shit because he was playing a level higher

it got so bad to the point where his dad couldn’t seat with the parents of the team because of their comments

they’d say things like “what is he doing on the ice?” as in “why is he there and not my kid”  (poor little guys was 10-11 hearing those things from his parents :()

was coached by his grandpa when he player midget AAA (personally, this part about his grandpa his my fav)

looked up a lot to xavier parents even if they were close friends

parents would say that he’s only on the ice because the coach is his grandpa (stupid quebec parents)

his dad was really though on him when he played midget AAA, while his grandpa would be more disappointed in him

said him and his dad would yell at each when they’d get home from his games, his mom would try to make them stop but she eventually gave up

said that his dad being that though helped him be more constant with his game and it’s the reason why his expectation for himself are very high

his second year playing midget was harder because he got a lot more ice time and a lot of the players were nice to him, but talked shit behind his back

said going to the play in the states instead of the LHJMQ would be like a restart for him, which was nice because of the whole situation with his grandpa being his coach

chirps his dad and grandpa a lot

my favourite part of the podcast that i totally recommend going to listen to even if you don’t understand french is from 55:53 to 56:06 just because of the way he says “c’est vrai qui est fucking vieux man” very hot

his grandpa taught him how to handle his emotion at a young age, which helped a lot with the recent event of the last 2 years

he knew at like 15-16 that he wanted to play college hockey in the states because BU had approached him, he watched a couple of hype up videos on youtube and decided he wanted to play at that level in a couple of years

he went to a lot of showcase so prep schools could see him

 he was either going to the ushl or northwood (a prep school in vermont) when the ntdp approached him in january of 2018

the ntdp found out about him because of jim hughes, he had stayed with them one summer in toronto for his training

jim had never seen bordy played but still recommended him to the program

he got invited to a camp with 40 other guys, who had all done mutliple other camps to get there, so he just showed him in the middle of it, people were very confused

bordy said “they were all like: the fuck, who is he? he barely speaks engish, are you joking?” 

quinn guided him a lot and jack had told him “call me a week before the camp so i can tell you what you need to do, how to act and other stuff like that”

after the first game of the camp, the program asked him to be apart of the team

his dad’s answer was “we’re gonna home, think about it, talk to the mom about it too.” and bordy’s answer in his head was “no no no say yes right now”

they’re treated like nhl players

from monday to friday they were 2 hours- 2 hours and a half on the ice, then 2 hours in the gym. their days were from 6 am - 6 pm

said it was a bit depressive, but that it helped him develop an work ethic

during their u17 year, they play against ushl teams, so 18-20 y/o, they get pushed a lot.

they only got 10 wins in 40 game during their u17 year, and that’s considered a good first year with the program 

u18 they played half the season against ushl teams, which are a lot easier than the year before, but play the other half against college teams, so 18-24 y/o

from the first day of camp, the program told them what all they were gonna do for the next 2 year, was put then in a failing situation, like that’s all they’re gonna do, to see how they answer

they were much more of a grinder team, because that was the only way they’d be able to win

there was a guy at the ntdp called kirk (i think), he was an ex-military, he got fired during bordy’s second year because he punched one of the players in the stomach and it made said player throw up (crazy man)

said player was peterson who plays at BU

when he called jack form advices, the advices were mainly about how to get kirk to like him

jack said he was gonna asked the player who has a dual-citizen, jack said not to raise your hand because it was a trap and kirk would yell at you that you were only an american now 

jack’s advices worked pretty well since kirk liked bordy a lot and was pretty soft with him

bordy was gonna go play the u18 tournament with the 01′s but he wasn’t allowed because he hadn’t lived in the us long enough to go to an iifh tournament, so matty went instead

he talks a lot to cole, zegras, york and turcs

he talks a lot with cole about montreal, they both had a feeling that the next season (21-22) wouldn’t be the same so they only talked about positive things during cole’s playoff run

but this year they had a lot more deep conversation and emotional

he said it was hard on cole when he got sent down to the ahl, especially seeing all of his friends do well and because people thought he was gonna win the calder

coley likes that marty’s here now

when cole was out for dinner the night before toffoli got traded, they were talking about when bords would be coming back to montreal and if cole would still be there, bordy went to sleep while cole was still at dinner, and he woke up the next morning with a text from cole about toffoli

cole looked up a lot to toffoli, since toff is a righty and scores a lot, so he saw himself in him

he didn’t go to the 2021 wjc because he was rooming with beech, and father john got a fake positive. they made the team thursday night, and they were leaving for edmonton saturday night. his wingers changed a lot throught the camp, he got a lot of responsibilities on the second pp, important faceoffs, the pk, he was very excited for the tournament. 

he was gonna go to the tournament with boldy and cole, the second line and he was very happy about it. 

friday morning, at like 5 am, they get a call on the hotel phone, bordy thought it was a bad wake up call for he declines it. they call again and it’s the doctor asking to talk to beech. they thought something happened to his family or something because they had been staying in their bubble for like 2-3 months, never broke it at michigan, so they never thought it’d be about covid.

their things were waiting for them outside the arena at 7 am and they had to drive back to aa and quarantine. bordy got kicked out even if he didn’t test positive because beech was his roomate

but beech was laying in the same bed as zegras, cole, boldy, turcs, knighter, watching a movie the previous night, so everyone else would have covid too. so they asked to get tested as soon as they got back to campus, and they ended up both testing negative multiple times. but since the iifh rules were if you get one positive you’re out and you can’t come back

his reaction was to call pat brisson  to know if there was something they could do for him to go since he never tested positive, bordy told them “we can say that i wasn’t his roommate so that i can go” 

he was crying on the phone  with his parents, and when he found out there was no way for him to go to the worl juniors, he told him his mom to book a flight for him right away. 

he said it was pretty nice to be with his family, friends and his girlfriend, but he was only there for 5-6 days

so when he was back in michigan he was all alone in his house, since matty was in edmonton and i suppose truss was with his family. 

said it was a very hard time for him, and gave himself hope for the next year (silly boy)

said it was hard to watch the games, especially since they won gold.

him and the podcast dude both think it was very stupid that team usa didn’t give them individual rooms, but this year they were.

now wjc of this year... oh boy this is a ride

about a week before he had to leave for camp, kent tested positive. everyone was being very careful in the room, wearing their maks. all of the usa boys were careful and bordy thought that since they all did the same thing, none of them would test positive. 

but bordy forgot that the friday before kent tested positive, he saw kj  walking back from yost and offered him a ride. kj accepted, got in the car, and bordy drove him home. this is where he would’ve gotten covid. 

so he got covid for being a nice person, how fun!

but the weird thing is, he didn’t test positive until the saturday they needed to leave, and even weirder, matty didn’t get covid when they lived in the same house

said this time was a lot harder and a much darker period of his life, he was in montreal for like 10 days, but it didn’t make him feel much better. it was a very hard time for him

he isn’t making himself any hope for this summer, he’s telling himself that there isn’t anymore world junior, and that if it happens then it happens. 

said the hardest part was that is name would never in a world junior roster

it was his 3rd big tournament that he missed because of covid. 

he gave himself hope that he could go to the olympics when it was annouced that nhl players wouldn’t be going, which he regrets very much

he hadn’t played a game in like a month and didn’t have an amazing first half of the game when they made the olympic team

so it was just more shit added on to more shit, and it was very hard for him. 

said from when he tested positive to early february was a very though, dark and hard time for him

when the wjc got cancelled it made him feel a little better about it

the sharks helped him a lot throughout the whole situation, telling him that it wasn’t the end of the world and he’d still have a career

he’s had a sports psychologist since his second year midget, so 14-15

but since january he’s had a psychologist, to find a way to just feel good about life in general

they did a little “trivia” like the podcast dude said one of the boys’ name and bordy had to say what impresses him the most about said player on and a weird things about them off the ice, here’s how it went:

kj, on the ice: his hands, off ice: he doesn’t know how to eat, like his fork his like a shovel, bordy can’t eat next to him, says his face is in his plate.

op, one the ice: overall, off ice: there’s nothing else in his life other than hockey, could watch 4 games at the same time, you can’t separate him and kj. they always eat the same thing as well (now this is goals)

marty: one ice: his engine, he runs on 3 hours of sleep, candy and soda/pop/soft drinks but can do a 5 minute shift full out off ice: bordy calls him turbo because matty always need to do the most of everything, ike if the guys say they’re going out for dinner he’s like “can i come? where are you guys going? when are you leaving?” (explains why he had an ‘a’ this year)

briss, on ice: natural sniper, bordy’s a playmaker and briss finishes, we sadly didn’t get an off ice info about briss, but from another podcast bordy did with matty, briss is a shit starter

lukey, on ice: his skating, it’s very easy for him to skate, off ice: awkward. described him as the guy that you can laugh about all day because it’s easy to, and if the boys are saying jokes and they’re just adding on to the joke, luke would be the one to say the thing that’s just not funny anymore. he’s a comic relief but he doesn’t know it

said that having a dad that played in the nhl helped him a lot since he could him prepare for what’s to come

seb gave him advice like be nice to your equipment manager because the person needs to like you

like things that someone would learn at 20-25, he learned at 16 because of him

his dad was more of a foreward, while bordy’s more of a two way player

his dad was more of a scorer, and bordy’s more of a playmaker

when he was younger, his teammates dad would give their own son a lot of shit because they didn’t score or something, but it was different for him because his dad knew hockey a lot better than those other dads

and he had no arguments against his dad because he played in the nhl

said his grandpa still thinks he’s 14 in his head (he being paulin) and still goes rollerblading for like 2 hours

here’s the story behind his hand tattoo, his dad gave him a bracelet which had those words on it when he worked with the habs when bordy was 16. bordy lost the bracelet so he got it tattooed 

his dad is starting to think he has enough tattoos, his mom gave up on making him stop

he wants more tattoos, but his parents think he’s had enough

wants to get something tattooed about his kids-- (HE’S A FAMILY MAN NO ONE CAN CHANGE MY MIND)

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Welcome to Canada.

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Quebec is announcing it will impose a health tax on Quebecers who refuse to be vaccinated against COVID-19.

Quebec Premier François Legault made the announcement in Montreal on Tuesday afternoon, as the number of pandemic-related hospitalizations continues to climb.

“A health contribution will be charged to all adults that don’t want to get vaccinated. We are there now,” he said.

Legault said he felt the ire of the vaccinated towards the unvaccinated, whom he blamed for clogging up the province’s hospitals.

Only 10 per cent of the population is unvaccinated but they make up 50 per cent of patients in intensive care beds, according to the premier.

On Tuesday the province reported an increase of 188 patients with COVID-19 for a total of 2,742. Of those, 255 are in intensive care.

“Those who refuse to get the shot bring a burden to hospital staff and an important financial burden for the majority of Quebecers. It’s not true that the 10 per cent of the population will bring harm to the 90 per cent.”

Legault said there will be an exemption for those who can’t be vaccinated for medical reasons.

The government is still working out the amount that will have to be paid, but Legault said it would be “significant.”

“All Quebec adults who refuse in the coming weeks to at least get a first dose, will be getting a bill,” he said.

Legault touted vaccination as a key to success and urged Quebecers to get all their required doses, including booster shots.

Last week Health Minister Christian Dubé announced the province’s vaccine passport would be required to purchase liquor and cannabis at SAQ and SQDC stores as of Jan. 18.

Legault said there will be an exemption for those who can’t be vaccinated for medical reasons.

The government is still working out the amount that will have to be paid, but Legault said it would be “significant.”

“All Quebec adults who refuse in the coming weeks to at least get a first dose, will be getting a bill,” he said.

Legault touted vaccination as a key to success and urged Quebecers to get all their required doses, including booster shots.

Last week Health Minister Christian Dubé announced the province’s vaccine passport would be required to purchase liquor and cannabis at SAQ and SQDC stores as of Jan. 18.

New interim public health director

Legault announced the financial penalty after introducing the province’s new public health director following Monday’s resignation of Dr. Horacio Arruda.

Arruda served as the province’s top health official throughout the COVID-19 pandemic.

He is being replaced on an interim basis by Dr. Luc Boileau, who until Monday was head of the government health-care research institution called the Institut national d’excellence en sante et services sociaux.

Legault thanked Arruda for his work and admitted the position is often difficult due to constant scrutiny.

“Being in front of the media every day to try to explain decisions is not easy for anyone,” he said. “I want to send a huge thank you to Dr. Arruda for everything that he has done over the past 22 months for the well-being of Quebecers.”

The premier also addressed the issue of curfew and the impending return of students to in-person learning.

Regarding the curfew, he said it would be maintained until the situation is under control in the province.

As for the return to school, Legault said the goal is still to have students back in the classroom on Monday, Jan. 17 but the government is weighing the pros and cons.

He admitted that on one hand, sending kids back increases the number of contacts but not sending them back can have an impact on their mental health and learning.

Legault said he wanted to give Boileau time to weigh in on the situation before announcing any new measures or removing restrictions.

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Really just pulling another metaphorical gun out to point at people's heads aren't they?

You're free to not get the shot, but we're going to make life nearly impossible for you if you don't get it.

Wonder if they'll toss you in jail and force you to get it if you refuse to pay the 'bill' or not.

I am not opposed to vaccinations, I am getting really tired of strong arm tactics being used to force compliance however.

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How Quebec deals with anti-vax scum:

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Le vice-président des « Entrepreneurs en Action du Québec » (EAQ), Samuel Grenier, prend la parole contre les mesures sanitaires du Québec

Le vice-président des « Entrepreneurs en Action du Québec » (EAQ), Samuel Grenier, prend la parole contre les mesures sanitaires du Québec

Le 29 décembre dernier, le vice-président des « Entrepreneurs en Action du Québec » (EAQ), Samuel Grenier, a prit la parole pour exprimer sa colère vis-à-vis les mesures sanitaires abusives et dévastatrices du Gouvernement de François Legault qui est en train de mettre à bas l’ensemble de l’économie et la structure sociale du Québec. « Je trouvais important, ce soir, de faire un résumé de la…