2024-03-11 15:58:20
Quebec will present a “demanding and responsible” budget on Tuesday, but which will not fall back into the austerity of the Couillard years, Finance Minister Eric Girard announced Monday.
The elected official ignored the tradition of buying new shoes on the eve of the presentation of a budget and preferred to go and have a pair that he already owned waxed.
“The theme of the budget this year is: priority to health and education,” said Mr. Girard.
“We must be aware of the conditions in which this budget was produced. The Quebec economy, under the weight of numerous rate increases and tightening credit conditions, is not growing. There is stagnation in the Quebec economy,” said Mr. Girard. “It was a difficult context. »
“There will be no” austerity such as Quebec experienced in 2015 and 2016 in this budget, continued the trained economist.
I think the budget will clearly show that the government is committed to improving the quantity, quality and access to services.
Eric Girard, Minister of Finance
“There are Quebecers who will be very happy with the budget tomorrow [mardi] “, he added, when he was asked about the possibility that taxpayers would receive good news on the tax front.
The Minister of Finance held his press briefing in a school in Longueuil. He took the opportunity to announce that his budget will provide for an increase in subsidies totaling $34 million over five years for Le Club des breakfasts and La Cantine pour tous, two organizations that fight against food insecurity.
PHOTO MARTIN TREMBLAY, THE PRESS
Eric Girard was accompanied by the Minister of Education, Bernard Drainville, during his visit to the Monseigneur-Forget school in Longueuil.
Mr. Girard appeared in front of the cameras with a budget document whose pages were entirely white, in order to reduce the risk of leaks into the public space.
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