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Economy

  • Impose an immediate moratorium on any new rule or regulation that adds to the administrative burden on municipalities and SMEs.
  • Reduce the administrative burden through a two-for-one rule: for every new requirement introduced, two disappear.
  • Introduce mandatory response deadlines for processing government applications to speed up the completion of economic projects.
  • Establish a rapid-response team, Efficacité Québec (Efficiency Québec). It will serve entrepreneurs and innovators stuck in the government maze.
  • Give Québec's regulatory bodies an explicit obligation to assess and take into account the economic impacts of their decisions, and to quantify the administrative burden of each decision on our SMEs and entrepreneurs.

  • Gradually reduce the SME tax rate from 11.5% to 10%, to increase their capacity for expansion.
  • Introduce a basic exemption to the Health Services Fund (HSF) to correct a competitiveness gap that has persisted for too long. These relief measures will be financed by a review of subsidies paid to large foreign companies.
  • Put in place a competitive tax and regulatory framework that encourages local investment.

  • Extend the use of the 15% preferential margin in public tenders to all ministries, agencies and Crown corporations.
  • Help SMEs participate in public contracts by improving our tendering process:
    • Favour quality and value in government procurement in order to make use of innovative and sustainable solutions rather than continuing with the lowest-compliant-bidder model.
    • Simplify tenders to encourage flexibility in proposed solutions, notably for local and innovative products, by simplifying specifications and avoiding overly restrictive requirements.
    • Ease administrative and legal constraints by simplifying submission and compliance processes, notably by simplifying forms, reducing response times for bidders, and digitizing procedures entirely.
  • Establish a 30-day prompt payment framework for all businesses that work with the government — we will require that ministries, agencies and Crown corporations settle their financial obligations within thirty days of invoicing.
  • Create a distinction in tenders between manufacturers and distributors based in Québec in order to favour products made here in Québec.
  • Give a greater place to Québec food products in public institutions by developing regional partnerships between Québec's agri-food businesses and public institutions to increase the presence of local products in schools, hospitals, CHSLDs (long-term care facilities) and other public establishments.

  • Implement an industrial policy aimed at making Québec an economy of production, innovation and transformation.
  • Increase the manufacturing sector's contribution from 12% to 15% of Québec's GDP by 2035.

  • Grant a temporary contribution holiday for the Health Services Fund (HSF).
  • Convert 25% of the aid intended for eligible SMEs into direct non-repayable assistance.
  • Create new alliances with, among others, our allies in Canada, Europe and the Francophonie in order to reduce by at least 15% the share of our exports going to the United States;
  • Attract foreign businesses and buyers to Quebec through reverse trade missions to create economic linkages.
  • Support SMEs that wish to join forces and pool their resources to conquer foreign markets together, drawing on proven international models;
     

  • To provide Quebec with a national strategy for innovative business succession, structured around three pillars: networking, support, and financing.
  • Introduce tax incentives to encourage business succession and ensure that these businesses remain in operation here, in local hands.
  • Develop an Entrepreneurship Access Program (RAE) that allows individuals to use their retirement savings as a down payment to purchase or start their first business

  • Provide Quebec with a clear ethical framework for the implementation of AI in our public institutions and businesses, as well as a strategy for workforce transition, training, and reskilling.

  • Restore funding for the College-Based Technology Transfer Centers (CCTT) and the Innovation Council to reestablish the link between research and our small and medium-sized enterprises.
  • Promote collaboration between researchers and businesses and foster a sustainable partnership between educational institutions and our small and medium-sized enterprises.

  • Regain Quebec's seat at the Canadian table.
  • Enter into formal interprovincial trade and reciprocity agreements with Ontario, and conduct economic missions to Ontario, the West, and the East to attract investment in our growth sectors.
  • Launch a strategy to promote the French-speaking economy through targeted trade missions and partnerships with French-speaking economic hubs, so that Canadian businesses can access these markets with Quebec as a partner.
  • Reinstate the joint Quebec-Ontario cabinet meetings, with the approval of the Ontario government.
  • Advocate for the Defense, Security, and Resilience Bank to be established in Montreal.
  • Reduce interprovincial barriers, facilitate labor mobility, develop east-west supply chains, and sign reciprocal agreements to be collectively stronger in the face of trade challenges.

Modernizing the Government to Better Serve Quebecers

  • Upon taking office, establish a new partnership with labor unions based on respect for employees’ skills and expertise;
  • Update the Statement of Values of Quebec’s public administration—which has remained unchanged since 2002—to focus on excellence, commitment to citizens, and transparency;
  • Introduce a modern leadership framework for managers, based on accountability, initiative, and compassion. 

  • Establish a culture of data-driven continuous improvement, with decentralized, autonomous, and multidisciplinary teams;
  • Grant government professionals greater decision-making autonomy in strategic sectors and reduce unnecessary layers of hierarchy; 
  • Adopt artificial intelligence in a pragmatic way, where it generates measurable productivity gains; 
  • Bring the government’s transformation capabilities in-house and reduce reliance on external consultants for recurring tasks. 

  • Aim to resolve issues in a single interaction and reduce the number of required intermediaries;
  • Automate certain processes to speed up service delivery. 

  • End the use of public funds for advertising campaigns that serve primarily to promote the government; 
  • Ensure that communications expenditures meet a genuine need for information or public service. 

  • Reduce the number of full-time equivalents by approximately 12,000 over five years, primarily in management positions and administrative services; 
  • Proceed through attrition, voluntary separation incentives, and redeployment—never through across-the-board cuts; 
  • Review the functions of each ministry, based on actual needs rather than job titles. 

  • Expand the mandate of the Régie des alcools, des courses et des jeux so that it can license and oversee all online gambling platforms operating in Quebec; 
  • Subject accredited platforms to strict rules regarding advertising, addiction prevention, and the protection of minors; 
  • Create an independent organization dedicated to prevention and support for people struggling with gambling addiction, funded by the industry rather than by taxpayers; 
  • Entrust the Autorité des marchés financiers and the Régie with the joint mandate to fill the regulatory gap surrounding prediction markets, which are currently accessible in Quebec without any regulatory framework. 

Education

  • Hold a national forum on education. The success of our education system must be a national priority for Quebec. It lies at the heart of our social model, our economic prosperity, and social mobility. This success is a shared responsibility among the government, school staff, parents, students, and society as a whole. An issue of such importance deserves careful consideration commensurate with its ambitions, carried out in collaboration with all stakeholders to identify the best solutions and build the best possible education system in Quebec.

  • Add the equivalent of 400 full-time professional positions, including special education teachers, educational psychologists, psychologists, and speech-language pathologists.
  • Add 600 special education technician positions. 

  • Include in the Charter of the French Language a requirement that the government implement a national reading strategy.
  • Give every elementary school student a Quebec children's book in French at the end of each school year.
  • Protect funding for school books and libraries.
  • Support the modernization of public libraries.
  • Support access to Quebec children’s books in French in educational child care centers.
  • Launch a government public service campaign highlighting the importance of reading.
  • Create a fund to support municipal reading initiatives.
  • Implement initiatives to promote literacy among older adults.

  • Continue to implement the new French language curriculum in elementary and secondary schools.
  • Mandate that the National Conference on Education examine teacher qualifications and conduct a study on boys’ academic success.
  • Improve the school pen-pal program.
  • Increase funding for French-language support centers in the college system.

Our ambitious plan calls for additional investments totaling $380 million

  • Modernize financial aid for education so that it better reflects current realities
  • Compensating for internships completed in the public sector
  • Establishment of a Special Commission on Youth Mental Health
  • Under a Liberal administration, youth affairs will be the responsibility of the prime minister

Health

  • Establish a telehealth platform. This measure aims to provide universal access to a walk-in telehealth platform. It also aims to structure and oversee the rollout of telehealth so that it becomes a fully integrated component of Quebec’s healthcare system. Telehealth is a way to give Quebecers access to a healthcare professional and to relieve pressure on emergency rooms.

Housing

  • Build 100,000 housing units per year in the long term.
  • Develop a strategic approach to the procurement of construction materials, workforce availability, and reducing red tape, in order to build more, faster, and at a lower cost.

  • Set a target that 50% of housing units built with funding from the Société d’habitation du Québec (SHQ) be constructed using prefabricated methods. This target will provide greater predictability for companies in the sector and enable them to increase their production volume and capacity over the long term;
  • Establish an interest-free loan program at Investissement Québec to enable Quebec companies in the prefabricated construction sector to modernize their production lines, make investments, and increase their capacity.

  • Implement a performance-based approach in partnership with municipalities to speed up the issuance of residential building permits. Additional financial incentives will be provided to high-performing municipalities, while those with longer processing times will receive support to help reduce them; 
  • Require the Quebec government to set a maximum timeframe when government authorization is required to begin construction. 

  • Allow Quebec real estate investors to defer payment of capital gains tax when they reinvest their profits in the construction of new housing, thereby promoting growth in real estate investment and stimulating the economy. The deferral will be allowed up to a maximum of one million dollars. 

  • Update vocational training programs in the construction industry so that future graduates are up to date on new industry practices;
  • Expand the COUD short-term training programs to include occupations in high demand in the construction sector. 

  • Add 40,000 affordable units to the rental housing stock by taking a coordinated approach that combines new construction and acquisitions.
  • Set aside a portion of new projects for the most vulnerable populations, particularly people experiencing homelessness, youth leaving the DPJ, seniors, people with disabilities, students, and second-stage services for women who are victims of domestic violence.
  • Set a goal of increasing the share of housing outside the market to 20% by 2050. 

  • Reimburse 36% of the QST paid on a new house or condo, up to a maximum of $10,000. This measure applies to new properties valued at up to $500,000. For multi-unit dwellings, the refund starts at $10,000 for the owner-occupant and increases by $5,000 per additional unit (up to a maximum of 4 units), for a refund of up to $30,000.

Seniors

  • Establishment of an annual cap on increases in rent and services provided at retirement homes. 
  • Reversal of the burden of proof: The RPA will have to justify the cost increase before the TAL.
  • Implementation of safeguards to ensure that the regulation of rate increases does not come at the expense of the care provided to seniors.
  • Special support for senior living facilities that maintain affordable housing options, particularly small residences and those in rural areas. 

Infrastructure

  • Increase the PQI to $195 billion over a 10-year period beginning in 2027.
  • Amend the Public Infrastructure Act so that the PQI is established over a 25-year period.
  • Promote the use of modular construction in government institutional projects:
    • Authorize Investissement Québec to develop a strong and diversified entrepreneurial ecosystem.
    • Overhaul the administrative structure of municipal infrastructure funding programs: 

Combating Homelessness

  • Support young people leaving youth centers by assigning a primary case manager to each individual, providing a transition plan, and ensuring access to mental health services for everyone;
  • Prevent evictions that lead to homelessness;
  • Enhance the Rent Assistance Program. 

  • Increase funding for roaming resources.

  • Improve mental health services for people experiencing homelessness or substance use disorders by supporting local initiatives and projects aimed at homeless individuals or those at risk of homelessness who are living with mental health issues;
  • Ensure the long-term funding of the PRISM/PRISMD program and gradually increase the number of service locations based on regional needs;
  • Expand the availability of transitional housing and support services. 

Mobility

  • Establish sustainable and predictable funding for public transportation,
  • To partner with the City of Montreal to renovate and modernize the metro

Region

  • Increase the share of municipal infrastructure in the Quebec Infrastructure Plan (PQI) from 4.4% to 8% during the first term of office, and maintain that share on a long-term basis.
  • Adopt a formal requirement to preserve public assets
  • Impose an immediate moratorium on any new rules or regulations that increase the administrative burden on municipalities
  • Make municipal water services financially self-sufficient, with a mandatory financial reserve incorporated into asset management plans, in order to plan for the next 20 years.
  • End the practice that forces municipalities to transfer land to school service centers free of charge.
  • Simplify funding programs: one application at the beginning, one report at the end, with projects submitted on an ongoing basis rather than during fixed application windows.

  • Take full responsibility for the development of natural resources (forests, mines, agriculture) under clear, stable, and predictable rules.
  • Revise the mining royalty system so that local governments receive their fair share of the wealth generated by their resources.
  • Create a fund for mining communities
  • In the first year of a Liberal government, introduce a bill to comprehensively modernize Quebec’s forestry system, in collaboration with Indigenous communities.
  • Increase the use of wood in construction to support the goal of eventually building 100,000 housing units per year.
  • Enhance support for forestry SMEs and regional supply chains.

  • Redistribute $560 million over four years to farmers: We will reform the Green Fund’s distribution method so that money from the agricultural sector is not used for other purposes and is returned to farmers to support production, investment, and the development of their businesses;
  • Reform the Financière agricole du Québec into a true development partner; 
  • Adapting our agricultural programs to regional realities: We will automatically incorporate a regional perspective into all of Quebec’s agricultural programs so that their design and revision take into account the specific realities of peripheral and remote regions, including transportation costs, access to services, and production conditions; 
  • The next generation of farmers will become a priority in all government programs: 
    • Every new agricultural program must include a component dedicated to the next generation of farmers and address the realities faced by new farming businesses. 
    • Developing financing solutions tailored to the next generation of farmers: We will develop financing solutions that are more agile, more flexible, and better suited to the realities faced by the next generation of farmers in order to support their establishment, long-term investments, and the growth of their farming businesses.
    • Facilitating the transfer of farming businesses: We will simplify and harmonize tax and administrative rules to facilitate the transfer of farming businesses—whether within a family or not—and ensure the continuity of farms throughout Quebec. 
  • Ensuring the long-term viability of rank-and-file workers:
    • Ensure stable, recurring, and multi-year funding for regional agricultural organizations, commensurate with their needs, in order to sustain their mission, strengthen their presence in the field, and provide localized support to agricultural producers in all regions of Quebec.
  • Launch a regulatory simplification initiative in the agri-food sector: We will review the rules and administrative procedures applicable to the agri-food sector in order to eliminate unnecessary barriers, reduce processing times, and facilitate the processing, marketing, and sale of Quebec products, while maintaining the highest standards of food safety and security; 
  • Developing regional agri-food logistics hubs: We will support the development of regional logistics hubs to pool the warehousing, packaging, transportation, and distribution of Quebec products, thereby facilitating agri-food businesses’ access to local markets, retail outlets, institutions, and new opportunities; 
  • We will increase the presence of Quebec-grown foods in public institutions by developing regional partnerships between Quebec agri-food businesses and public institutions to boost the availability of locally produced goods in schools, hospitals, long-term care facilities (CHSLDs), and other public institutions; 
  • We will create a funding program to roll out food voucher initiatives that strengthen local food systems throughout Quebec. 

  • Ensure a stable and predictable core of community-based services across all regions by working with them to identify their needs.
  • Expand cellular coverage throughout all inhabited areas of Quebec, along highway corridors, in isolated areas, and in high-risk zones.

  • Restore funding for the College-Based Technology Transfer Centers (CCTT) and the Innovation Council to reestablish the link between research and our small and medium-sized enterprises.
  • Promote collaboration between researchers and businesses and foster a sustainable partnership between educational institutions and our small and medium-sized enterprises.

  • Involve the regions in determining their capacity to receive immigrants.
  • Help immigrants become truly, effectively, and quickly acclimated to life in France.

French Language and Culture

  • Increase French-language training budgets by $138.41 million over four years
  • Reduce the waiting time for French language training to six weeks.
  • Increase the intensity of French language programs.
  • Improve and reform French language training in the workplace.

  • Include in the French Language Charter a requirement for the government to identify geographic areas where the use of French is at risk and to implement targeted regional strategies.
  • Enhance and expand French-language programs and partnership initiatives with chambers of commerce.

  • Continue efforts to improve the discoverability of French-language content.
  • Support French-language content creators to reach young people on social media.
  • Protect cultural field trips in schools.
  • Increase the presence of French-language music in early childhood centers and schools.
  • Support the work of the Francophonie Center of the Americas.

  • Increase funding for community education centers by $8 million per year to combat illiteracy.
  • Promote the dissemination of knowledge in French in higher education and research.
  • Develop a strategy to promote the economic influence of the French-speaking community:
    • By expanding the government's economic missions in French-speaking countries;
    • By diversifying our markets to increase our exports to French-speaking countries;
  • Increase the international promotion of Francophone culture through our delegations.

International Relations

  • More trade missions to priority French-speaking markets to diversify our trade by fully leveraging the potential of the French language. We can even use our leadership to invite other provinces—and even the federal government—to join us on these missions, because Quebec is capable of opening doors for all of Canada.
  • Support tools that are better tailored to the realities of these markets, so that our small and medium-sized enterprises can take the risks these opportunities require in order to help our exporters meet the demands of international markets.
  • Advocate for Canada to enter into or renew investment protection agreements with priority Francophone markets. Because a strategy without legal protection is only half a strategy. 
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