Quebec dentists want Gaétan Barrette dropped from negotiations

Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard is refusing to intervene in a pay dispute between Health Minister Gaétan Barrette and the province’s dentists who are threatening to withdraw from medicare — a move that could deprive more than 620,000 Quebecers of dental care.
On Monday, the Association des chirurgiens dentistes du Québec (ACDQ) urged Couillard to drop Barrette from the negotiations, charging that the minister is bargaining in bad faith. But the premier’s press a