QUEBEC - Once in power, the Coalition Avenir Quebec pledged on Tuesday that it would have the "courage" and legitimacy to reopen collective agreements with Quebec's teachers and doctors and impose new ways of doing things.

"It's time to put aside old union dogma," said party leader Francois Legault during the first caucus meeting of the upstart party.

Calling his party's pledge to reopen collective agreements an attempt to make Quebec government services more "efficient," Legault laid out a plan a far-ranging reorganization of how doctors operate.

The CAQ wants to rebuild the payment mechanism for doctors, hoping to increase the volume of patients each physician is willing to take on. A new mechanism to evaluate teachers would also be introduced, married with 20 per cent salary increase for those with high grades.

"We are waiting for Mr. Charest to defend the status quo," said Legault. "We expect Charest to do what premiers have done in other provinces and try to scare people, to demonize our positions."

Within hours of Legault's announcement, minister in Premier Jean Charest's cabinet were quick to criticize the CAQ leader and the "chaos" they expect his plans to create.

"The impression that he gives us is that he want to demolish everything, demolish relations with the unions that have collective agreements," said Liberal parliamentary leader Jean-Marc Fournier.

Health minister Yves Bolduc warned of the "climate of confrontation," that Legault's reforms would create amongst health professionals.

The proposals are expected to cause conflict with public service unions, most of whom have signed collective agreements that expire in 2015.

Asserting that the CAQ is "playing fair," Deltell said that the party would move ahead despite resistance if it received the public's support.

"In the last 40 years we have been stuck in a debate between separatists and federalists. We've also been stuck because of worries that if we move to quickly or too strong we will anger people who don't agree with us," said CAQ parliamentary leader Gerard Deltell.

"That's a democracy. If you have the mandate to do something, you need to do it. That is what we propose. We will have the courage to put forward a new deal with the population."

The National Assembly's spring session starts next Tuesday.

With files from The Canadian Press.