‘Call 1-800-DOUG-FORD’: Ontario premier rolling out red carpet for fed-up Quebec doctors – CTV

October 29, 2025

Many doctors in Quebec are up in arms over a newly passed law that governs their work and salary structure, and Ontario Premier Doug Ford is taking it as an opportunity to roll out the red carpet.

Quebec Premier François Legault, however, was not pleased with his Ontario counterpart.

More than 100 Quebec doctors have already applied to work in other provinces in recent days.

“I’d love to! Call 1-800-DOUG FORD, all the docs,” Ford said at an unrelated news conference on Wednesday when asked if he would enhance recruitment efforts.

“Come by, call me on my cell phone, it’s on the internet. Come by and we’ll have you real quick. I’d love to see the doctors, nurses, anyone in healthcare come to Ontario because we’re a growing community.”

Ford’s invitation to doctors ‘unacceptable,’ Legault says
Legault reacted to Ford’s comments in a press scrum Wednesday, calling them “unacceptable” and showing a “clear lack of judgment.”

Read more: https://www.ctvnews.ca/montreal/article/100-doctors-leaving-is-a-disaster-quebec-liberal-leader/