Section I

1.1   In their letter to me of 20th September 2013 the Collège des médecins du Québec states “your decision is a difficult one, following a road accident for which the SAAQ has refused to pay an indemnity. If you wish to contest this decision you must use the recourse available for this purpose.”
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Introduction

This document illustrates a number of issues of concern. Each issue is dealt with individually and a final summing up seeks to integrate the points of concern into a comprehensive whole. The document is divided into three sections. Section I concerns the actions of the Collège des médecins du Québec. Section II concerns the actions of Dr. X M.D. (00000). Section III examines all of the issues from a macro perspective and their potential impact on the citizens of Québec.
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Preamble

Dear Sir:
I wish to bring to your attention irregularities in the conduct of the Collège des médecins du Québec. It is recognized that the Collège des médecins du Québec is a self-regulating professional body. It is also recognized that it only enjoys such self-regulating status by virtue of the citizens of Québec having conferred this special status upon it in recognition of the benefits the medical profession provides to society and the specialized knowledge required to deliver those benefits.

This relationship between the people and their médecins is not written in stone. It was not handed down to us by Duplessis, or the Church. It is an element in a social contract and, as part of any such social contract, is open to renegotiation at any time should the Collège des médecins du Québec prove itself incapable of adequately performing in its assigned role.
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