Currently, the government is obliged by law to eliminate the deficit by 2025-2026.
But that deadline, in the context of a pandemic, is unrealistic, Liberal finance critic Carlos Leitão said as he unveiled his party’s expectations for next week’s provincial budget.
The 2021-2022 budget is to be presented March 25 and see Finance Minister Eric Girard discuss returning to a balanced budget. Any delay would require that the legislated deadline be changed.
Leitão warns, however, that a forced and hasty return to a balanced budget could be “damaging” for the province’s economy, still reeling from business bankruptcies and job losses because of the pandemic.
Parti Québécois raises pressure on Legault to help women affected by pandemic
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IN BOTH the older parties these days, all the talk is about new leadership. The Liberals problem is out in the open and relatively simple. Since J. L. Ilsley s retirement, the number one candidate is Louis S. St. Laurent. Had Mr. Ilsley consented to run, he could probably have carried the Liberal convention. But now the only real opponent to Mr. St. Laurent is Hon. Jimmy Gardiner; Hon. Jimmy is a resourceful and tenacious fighter who should never be counted out in advance, but this time the odds are against him.
There may be other candidates before the convention for the first ballot or two. Some Liberal strategists think it would be better not to let it develop as a straight two-man fight, for fear it might break down into English versus French. They’ve asked several people, including Premier Garson of Manitoba and Right Hon. C. D. Howe, to be ready to run in order to break up the English vote on the first ballot. This would give Mr.
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Philippe J. Fournier: While the Liberals and Conservatives are all over the map, Legault s coalition has found the optimal recipe for current Quebec politics
February 21, 2021 Legault walks to Question Period with members of his staff as the legislature resumes for its spring session on Feb. 2, 2021 in Quebec City (CP/Jacques Boissinot)
In the 2018 Quebec general election, François Legault’s CAQ broke a political cycle that had lasted almost a half century, during which the Quebec Liberals and Parti Québécois took turns at the reins of the National Assembly. With the Quebec national question getting relegated to the back burner for many slivers of the Quebec electorate most notably young voters and aging baby boomers both the Liberals and PQ lost what had been their campaigning bread and butter for the past 50 years: Canadian unity versus Quebec independence. François Legault offered a third option: The economy, education, and a
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