B.C. doctors reach $708 million three year deal
Posted December 13, 2022 12:39 pm.
Last Updated December 13, 2022 12:48 pm.
British Columbia and the Resident Doctors of BC have reached a new labour agreement after a lopsided vote in favour of the move.
94 per cent of the doctors voted in favour of the Physician Master Agreement, the plan pushed forward in October of 2022 by Health Minister Adrian Dix and Resident Doctors of BC President Ramneek Dosanjh.
The three-year agreement includes wage increases, added and extended health benefits, as well as a technology allowance.
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The wage increase adds 25 cents per hour plus 3.24 per cent for the first year, 6.75 per cent for the second, and three per cent for the third and final year.
The Resident Doctors of B.C. represents more than 1,400 medical graduates who eventually work their way into practicing as family doctors and specialists.
