Healthcare in Canada
Physician payment
##### Physician payment

Basic services are provided by private doctors (since 2002 they have been allowed to incorporate), with the entire fee paid for by the government at the same rate. 
Most family doctors receive a fee per visit. These rates are negotiated between the provincial governments and the province's medical associations, usually on an annual basis. The fee for service model has been criticized for deterring physicians from becoming family doctors in British Columbia.

CTV news reported that, in 2006, family physicians in Canada made an average of $202,000 a year.

In 2018, to draw attention to the low pay of nurses and the declining level of service provided to patients, more than 700 physicians, residents and medical students in Quebec signed an [online petition](/wiki/Online_petition "Online petition") asking for their pay raises to be canceled.


What role do online petitions play in influencing government policies on physician pay?