Quebec Premier François Legault (L) hugs Quebec Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant, who has announced his decision to resign as minister and sit as an Independent, at the legislature in Quebec City, on Oct. 30, 2025. The Canadian Press/Jacques Boissinot
A longtime Quebec minister has resigned from caucus, deepening a crisis engulfing the Quebec government over a recently passed law imposing a new payment system on the province’s doctors.
Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant announced Thursday he would leave the governing party to sit as an Independent member of the provincial legislature. He was accompanied during the press conference by Premier François Legault, a personal friend.
