François Legault shows such a stubbornness not to launch the modernization work of the Maisonneuve-Rosemont hospital, despite the water damage and the presence of vermin of all kinds, which one would think that he agrees to erect a symbol of the failure of his government in health.
There was something surreal this week in the National Assembly.
On Thursday, the PM said they were looking for where to find $ 85 million to launch a first phase of work at the hospital like the old haunted houses of Beauce Carnaval.
The sum is not trivial.
But think about it.
On an envelope of $ 19 billion in 10 years, devoted to infrastructure work, it would not be possible to do certain redevelopments to identify 85 million?
The CAQ likes to stay camped on its position and undergo daily, impassive, the trial of its inaction?
It’s crazy.
Nothing marks the spirits more than images of water infiltration, squirrel sneaking in a care environment, or even power outage which could have caused a death in the operating room.
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Then imagine Christian Dubé trying to convince the population that his reform has changed the health network.
Even if he found statistics demonstrating certain improvements concerning access or waiting times, in the eyes of many people, it is already too late.
Despite the promises, the important expenses and the creation of Health Quebec, we end up with a bush medicine hospital in 2025, in the midst of a metropolitan area.
Citizens saw it on TV, repeatedly.
The opposition does not exaggerate, Quebecers experience a feeling of shame.
And the worst part is that despite the evidence of the urgency of acting, the government refuses to launch the work … which he himself had promised for last summer!
-We plead equity
In the pharmacies, there is a matter of equity between the metropolis and the regions of Quebec.
Far too rigidly.
Government sources surveyed believe that HMR is taking advantage of a large coverage of the Montreal media, but that there are major needs in other regions-we cite in particular Lévis, Mont-Laurier, Saint-Jérôme.
It is also argued that it is not possible to slow down other current hospitals, due to financial penalties provided for in contracts.
“You can’t just find a solution for HMR,” we argue.
Poor Christian Dubé is stuck.
Elected colleagues ask him to move so that the desolate images of HMR are no longer a thorn at their foot, while others also want to resist projects in their region.
The CAQ is focusing a lot on Mark Carney, who is committed to devoting $ 2 billion in federal money to the country’s repair in the country.
“It should be $ 400 or 500 million for Quebec,” calculate the government.
They did not retain the lesson
The CAQ does not seem to have learned.
The broken promises and the reversals on the third link did not affect its credibility in the Capitale-Nationale only.
Everywhere in Quebec, citizens have judged that there was the documentation of a lack of seriousness there.
François Legault and his team go royally if they think that the Maisonneuve-Rosemont saga is poorly perceived in Montreal.
It has become the national illustration of health rout.
The CAQ has done good things since its accession to power.
But Saaqclic’s financial fiasco, the Quebec discount and HMR’s pathetic television, it leaves a lot of traces.
