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QUEBEC — The provincial government wants to force employees in the education sector to help in the health sector.

According to information obtained by Presse Canadienne, a ministerial order is being prepared to requisition suspended personnel from school boards and CEGEPs — including, for example, nursing professors.

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On Friday, Health Minister Danielle McCann said she was in discussions about how to get people in the education sector to help.

“People realize the seriousness of the situation and the needs of personnel,” she said. “Some of these people are already working with us in the network. We want to find the others. I think we’ve had a good response.”

The Confédération des syndicats nationaux did not take long to respond. It said it recognized the gravity of the crisis and the need to resort to exceptional measures, but is worried about how this decision would be implemented and the potential for abuse.