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  • Kate 17:47 on 2022-03-30 Permalink | Reply  

    Quebec media – everyone but QMI – have written an open letter deploring that secret trial which only became known once the verdict was appealed. (This item mentions the open letter but I can’t find a link to it online.)

    This piece also reports that neither the Chief Justice of Quebec Superior Court nor the Chief Justice of the Cour du Québec knew this trial was being held. Of course, neither did the justice minister, Simon Jolin-Barrette, who’s now deeply in conniptions demanding to know who was involved.

    On thinking about it: is a secret trial with no record even a trial at all? A trial is an event with possible consequences. If there are no traces, no record of the charges in legal history, no identification of the main participants, and no known consequences, how can a trial be really said to have occurred?

     

  • Kate 17:27 on 2022-03-30 Permalink | Reply  

    Quebec is now officially in the sixth wave of the pandemic as hospitalizations climb again. Nine MNAs have tested positive recently and other people in government are also out sick.

     

    • jeather 18:05 on 2022-03-30 Permalink

      Calling a sudden press conference on a Sunday to say we are definitely not in a 6th wave really made it clear that yes, we are already in one; I’m only surprised INSPQ stood up to the political pressure so quickly.

  • Kate 08:49 on 2022-03-30 Permalink | Reply  

    La Presse has a summary of the Quebec health reforms in ten points.

     

    • Blork 10:44 on 2022-03-30 Permalink

      I’m a big fan of #2: “end of the fax machine.”

    • walkerp 11:17 on 2022-03-30 Permalink

      I am not an expert in health care policy and this is just words now, but they are quite promising. It does seem like they are taking the health sector seriously and are willing to spend money to improve it. Sure wish they would also do the same for education and stop shooting their own plans in the foot with their racism. But still, a promising start to undo years of slashing health care by past governments.

    • DeWolf 11:20 on 2022-03-30 Permalink

      The creation of a digital record that you can access is great news. So is the Guichet d’accès à la première ligne, because at the moment it’s ridiculously complicated to see a doctor if you don’t have a family GP.

      Bad news: it seems there’s no plan to make it easier to access family doctors. My wife and I have been on the waiting list for four years. And even my friends who had family doctors have recently lost them because the doctors are now opting out of the public system.

      Still, any focus on primary care is good, because that’s the Achilles heel of any Canadian health system. Everything is set up to treat you very well if you’re sick, but there’s very little effort made to prevent people from getting sick in the first place.

    • Kate 11:21 on 2022-03-30 Permalink

      It will be good if they keep the promises up after the election. I wouldn’t be surprised to see them say afterwards, well, we can’t afford all that, we’re going to have to cut it back.

    • Ephraim 11:22 on 2022-03-30 Permalink

      The Carnet Sante is great. I wish all the doctors were on the system, so we could make an appointment via Carnet Sante. But it’s great that we can read the reports, 30 days later. My doctor skimmed it… but it allowed me to see exactly what was happening… 30 days later, when I was already waiting to see the specialist.

      It’s at https://carnetsante.gouv.qc.ca/portail

    • Ephraim 11:26 on 2022-03-30 Permalink

      Incidentally, the Carnet Sante lets you see what the government pays for certain processes. Like the $49.15 my doctor gets for a doctor’s visit and the $2.20 for a nurse to stick a needle in your arm.

    • Janet 14:12 on 2022-03-30 Permalink

      Thanks, Ephraim !
      I’ve been meaning to look into this, and your handy link provided the impetus I needed.

    • Uatu 17:43 on 2022-03-30 Permalink

      I hate being cynical, but I have to agree with you Kate. It’s all a load of hot air. These recommendations have been said before by the staff especially the”more personnel, more beds, less centralization” bits and in the past two governments we got exactly the opposite. Now they suddenly agree? I thought we had to be “lean and mean”. Guess that’s changed. I’ve heard all the promises now I’m waiting for the post election/pandemic austerity measures where unionized employees will be once again vilified as a parasitic expense instead of the current “heroes of the pandemic” . What a crock.

  • Kate 08:38 on 2022-03-30 Permalink | Reply  

    Seven parked cars were damaged in Ahuntsic Tuesday evening in a hit‑and‑run incident. The driver of the offending vehicle has not been found and his condition is unknown.

    Also Tuesday evening, a police chase ended with a car slamming into a building in Anjou.

     

    • Kate 08:27 on 2022-03-30 Permalink | Reply  

      Almost ten years after the election night shooting at Metropolis, four people are in court with a claim that police were negligent in not keeping tighter controls on the event. Stagehand Denis Blanchette was shot dead, and his colleague David Courage was seriously wounded. It’s not clear from these accounts whether Courage is one of the four plaintiffs making the claim, based on their having suffered post-traumatic stress, depression and anxiety since the incident.

      Update: La Presse names the four plaintiffs and gives more detail. David Courage is not among them. They’re suing both the SQ and SPVM for not having been more present at the PQ election celebration that night.

       

      • Meezly 09:28 on 2022-03-30 Permalink

        Heard on the radio that a police spokesperson said that the only person to blame is the shooter. For that comment alone, I hope the plaintiffs get some compensation and accountability from the SQ.

      • steph 12:54 on 2022-03-30 Permalink

        If they don’t want to be accountable, do we need them on the payrole?

      • JP 19:17 on 2022-03-30 Permalink

        Not exactly what this specific news item is about, but it seems the shooter’s doctor also breached the patient-phsycian barrier and may have taken missteps.

        A few years ago, I went to a walk-in clinic where I encountered this physician…it was a weird experience (and I won’t go into the details here), but it prompted me to look him up online and the link above is what I found.

        [see link below from MarcG]

      • JP 19:19 on 2022-03-30 Permalink

        I’m not sure why but the link I posted above doesn’t seem to be going to the right article….

      • MarcG 19:29 on 2022-03-30 Permalink

      • Kate 20:44 on 2022-03-30 Permalink

        Interesting stuff, JP, and thanks for the link, MarcG. I don’t remember seeing that odd piece about Bain’s doctor before.

    • Kate 08:23 on 2022-03-30 Permalink | Reply  

      Some bars and restaurants are having to close due to Covid outbreaks.

       

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