Court of Appeal rejects challenge to PREM
The Quebec Court of Appeal has rejected a challenge to the PREM, Quebec’s byzantine system that channels GPs out of Montreal, conveniently clearing the ground for private medicine to take root in the city.
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Tim S. 16:53 on 2023-10-28 Permalink
“The judges reiterated, however, that it was not the role of the courts to substitute for legislative, executive or administrative powers in this situation.”
Most of the time I agree with this and think politicians should do their job. However, one of the whole points of liberal democracy is that courts and the law stand against simple majoritarian rule. Given that politics is increasing polarized along urban/rural lines, it might to make sense for courts to mitigate regional inequalities as well. I doubt there’s any actual realistic mechanism to expand their jurisdiction to this point, though.