"It's difficult to make it with $18 an hour, especially when you have children," according to Quebec Premier François Legault. But he also made clear in a December 8 National Assembly debate that he rejects dramatic increases to the province's $14.25 minimum wage, preferring a different wage-raising strategy one that would inevitably leave behind the lowest earners.
A judge has ruled against random police traffic stops in Quebec, but Premier François Legault claims "random" police interventions are still necessary in "certain areas" of Montreal. The ruling was a blistering rebuke of the police practice and recognized the role of racial profiling in police decisions about stops.
In a press conference on October 26, Quebec Premier François Legault confirmed a plan to send payments between $400 and $600 to most Quebec residents.The measure will follow an initial round of up to $500 payments that went out to Quebecers in the spring of 2022.
Following a blowout victory in the Quebec election thanks, in part, to the province's first-past-the-post electoral system (which allowed the CAQ to claim 72% of National Assembly seats with 41% of the vote), François Legault has unveiled the next Quebec cabinet.
François Legault will seemingly serve a second term as premier, with all major news outlets officially projecting that his Coalition Avenir Québec party will win a majority of seats in the October 3 Quebec election.