Seven out of 10 constructions in urban centres through 2025 will be rental housing, according to the Association des professionnels de la construction et de l habitation du Québec.
There are people everywhere who are suffering, leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said at the opening of the Parti Québécois's caucus. I don't want to live in a Quebec where the unhoused is a reality everywhere.
In a speech to party supporters on Wednesday evening, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon also renewed promise to hold an independence referendum in the first mandate of a Parti Québécois government.
Support for the CAQ dropped 16 percentage points in 2023 while the rival Parti Québécois, written off by some as a spent political force, roared back to life.