CLSCs (''centre local de services communautaires'', local community service centre) in

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are free clinics and hospitals run and maintained by the Quebec government. They are a form of community health centre. The service was launched in the early 1960s after major reforms in the health and social services system were made by the Castonguay-Nepveu Commission during the

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era in the 1960s. Until the commission, most

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and

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had been generally under jurisdiction of religious-affiliated agencies, primarily those of the

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. After the commission, the Quebec government, with several measures made by the

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, took full control of the health and social services jurisdiction and later created the CLSCs. The province also granted access to a wide variety of services for free for most citizens. The Pointe-Saint-Charles Community Clinic was a model for the system. The network offers a wide variety of social,

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, and health services. There are 147 CLSCs spread throughout the province.

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{{Quebec-stub Medical and health organizations based in Quebec Government of Quebec Clinics