[1] In 2007, the minority Liberal government of Quebec appointed Castonguay to a closed-door committee examining the health-care system's finances.

[2] The Castonguay task force released in February 2008 said Quebec residents should pay $25 for every visit to a doctor.

The report also called for an increase of up to one percentage point in the Quebec sales tax to help pay for medicare.

Castonguay was quoted as saying "We are proposing to give a greater role to the private sector so that people can exercise freedom of choice.

"[4] While concerned about the financial stresses the system places on the government, Castonguay does not advocate dismantling publicly financed health insurance altogether.