SOS Outaouais decries $90 million cuts to regional health authority

SOS Outaouais decries $90 million cuts to regional health authority

Heath care advocacy group SOS Outaouais has denounced the recent announcement by the provincial government to slash $90 million, or roughly 6%, of regional health authority CISSSO’s budget over the coming months.

The group’s spokesperson Jean Pigeon said that it’s surprising that the province would be reducing expenses, when the CAQ minister responsible for the Outaouais, Mathieu Lacombe, has stated publically that the …. According to the observatoire de l’Outaouais, this represents a shortfall of $180 million per year for health and social services spending compared to the rest of Quebec.

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CISSSO’s Director Dr. Marc Bilodeau told Radio-Canada that they would be aiming to

At the end of October, the