PQ slams Barrette for standoff with optometrists

The Parti Québécois is calling on the Premier Philippe Couillard’s government to change its negotiating strategy with optometrists, who threatened last week to withdraw from Quebec’s health insurance plan (RAMQ).
PQ critic Diane Lamarre blamed Minister Gaétan Barrette f0r playing tough with optometrists, which she said has caused them to switch course and walk out on the talks.
Lamarre, the Member of the National Assembly for Taillon, said Barrette’s intran