Quebec government, optometrists reach agreement in principle

Quebec’s government has reached an agreement in principle with optometrists regarding their participation in the province’s health insurance program (RAMQ).
Maryse Nolin, director general of the Association des optométristes du Québec, said the association’s members will be called to decide on the agreement in a general assembly on Saturday afternoon.
At the beginning of the year as many as 90 per cent of the province’s 1,400 optometrists threatened to withd