The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) government has adopted its sweeping health-care reform legislation, Bill 15.
The motion was adopted at 5:15 a.m. following an electronic vote at the National Assembly, with 75 votes in favour, 27 against and no abstentions.
Overnight, MNAs debated the bill, which centralizes much of the health-care system’s decision making in a new entity, Santé Québec.
After failing to reach an agreement with opposition parties to extend the session on Friday, the CAQ government invoked closure — a procedure that enables it to end debate and fast track the bill’s adoption, before the end of the legislative session.
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