11 minutes agoRarely, Canadian doctors sign petition against raising their salaries
Periskopi(8 years ago)
(8 years ago)A movement that can be fully described as Canadian, hundreds of doctors in Kebek are protesting pay hikes, as they said we have enough pay. On Wednesday afternoon, more than 700 physicists, residents, and medical students from the Canadian province have signed a petition against wage hikes. [...]
On Wednesday afternoon, more than 700 physicists, residents, and medical students from the Canadian province have signed a petition against wage hikes.
A group called “Medicine Quebecois Pour le Regime Public” (MQRP), consisting of public health lawyers, began the petition on February 25th, reports the “Washington Post”, broadcast Periscope.
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The group of physicists said it does not see the salary raise reasonable, given the difficult conditions in other professions, including nurses and employees.
In February, the federation of Kebek medical specialists has reached an agreement with the government to raise the annual salaries of the province's medics of about 1.4 per cent, or out of $4.7 billion currently at $5.4 billion in 2023, broadcast “Canadian Broadcasting Corp”.
The average salary for a specialist in Kebek is $403, 537, compared to Ontario's neighbors who are paid $367, 154, according to “CBC”
The petition ended by demanding that the salary increase be cancelled and the money be redealed throughout the Kebek health system./Persycopi/
