The global COVID-19 pandemic forces us to reflect on the values of neoliberal society, the conception of care and the gendered and racialized division of labor. Drawing on Carol Gilligan’s and Joan Tronto’s ethics of care, this article offers a feminist analysis of the importance of valuing the care professions in Quebec’s health care institutions. Will this health crisis highlight the enormous contribution of care work, so often devolved to women, people of color and immigrants?