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Quebec Health Minister Danielle McCann said Friday she will ensure Dr. Joanne Liu gets called back after the former president of Doctors Without Borders said in an interview she was told she was unqualified to help Quebec fight the COVID-19 pandemic.

“There were some people who told me that I didn’t have the experience to respond to epidemics in an area like Quebec,” Liu told dumbfounded TVA anchor Paul Larocque during an interview.

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In 2017, Liu was given the meritorious service cross by the governor general for her organization’s work during the Ebola virus epidemic in Africa in 2014. Liu, 54, started with the organization in 1996 and went on about 20 missions in central Asia, Africa and the Middle East, in areas of conflict, disaster or epidemics. She was named one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world.

“Thank you for bringing this to my attention,” McCann posted on Twitter Friday evening. “We need the contributions of everyone to help care for our seniors in CHSLDs. My office will ensure that Dr. Liu is called quickly to contribute to this collective effort!”