See what Quebec's major party leaders are promising during the election campaign
Read the promises and platforms of the five main parties concerning key issues in the 2026 Quebec election. These will be updated as parties add to their platforms ahead of the Oct. 5 vote.
It would turn the school supplies supplement into a back-to-school supplement of up to $250 per child, based on family income. It would introduce a new tax credit that would reimburse up to 75 per cent of school-day child-care fees, based on family income. The party says more than half a million children could benefit from a reimbursement of up to $1,309. It would convert 5,000 private child-care spots into subsidized ones and create 5,000 brand new subsidized spots. Those would be in addition to the 15,000 child-care spots the party previously promised to deliver. It would offer two additional weeks of parental leave for fathers and up to four weeks of transferable paid leave to a grandparent or another relative. It would provide four weeks of leave for grieving fathers after a perinatal death. It would give women in government jobs up to two years instead of six months to buy back their years of services. It would allow Quebec Parental Insurance Plan payments to be extended up to five years after a birth. It would increase the Supplement for Handicapped Children by $50, bringing it to $291 per month. It would increase both tiers of the Supplement for Handicapped Children Requiring Exceptional Care by $100 per month. The party says changes to the supplements would cost $30 million per year.
The party has yet to announce its plans.
It would implement a universal school food program. It would replace the sum paid to parents for school supplies with a government-run bulk purchasing system, where the provincial procurement office would redistribute supplies to all parents, regardless of income.
The party has yet to announce its plans.
It would maintain funding for the public child-care network. It would enhance the child-care expense tax credit for an annual savings of $950 for the middle class. It would offer a home child-care allowance of $100 per week.
It would invest $1,000 in the Registered Education Savings Plan of every child born in Quebec, starting in the fall of 2027. It would raise the tax credit for seniors' assistance by $200, bringing it up to $2,200 for low-income individuals aged 70 and over whose annual income is lower than $29,000. It would shield up to $35,000 of employment income from income tax and the calculation of the main Quebec benefits for seniors aged 65 and up who want to continue working jobs in essential services facing a labour shortage (e.g., teachers, early childhood educators, nurses, orderlies).
The party has yet to announce its plans.
It would increase the minimum salary to $20 per hour as of May 1, 2027. It would create state-owned grocery stores to compete with the five major companies that control most of the food market. It would cap grocery margins at two per cent. It would strengthen consumer protection regulations to counter dynamic pricing, shrinkflation, tacit price-fixing and hidden fees in essential service pricing. It would make contraception free, offer free menstrual hygiene products in public spaces and end the "pink tax," the surplus charged for feminine versions of a product. It would abolish the Quebec sales tax on used goods.
It would table a bill to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores, where businesses offer different prices based on consumers' personal data. It would abolish the Quebec sales tax on used goods.
It would withdraw Quebec from the cap-and-trade carbon market. It would remove the provincial tax on gas for five months. It would raise the basic personal amount to $35,242. Under this policy, individuals would not pay provincial income tax on the first $35,242 they earn, and anyone earning under that amount would not pay provincial income tax. The basic personal amount for the 2026 tax year is $18,952. It would abolish the Quebec sales tax on used goods.
The party's financial framework provides for a $13 billion increase in the Quebec Infrastructure Plan, bringing the total to $180 billion. Of that amount, 75 per cent will be dedicated to maintaining existing infrastructure. It is maintaining its goal to balance the budget by 2029-30. The party's election promises would cost $9.2 billion over five years.
It would create new alliances within Canada, Europe and French-speaking countries to reduce Quebec's exports to the United States by 15 per cent. It would conduct trade missions to attract foreign buyers to Quebec. It would remove as many interprovincial trade barriers as possible. It would offer more flexible support for small and medium enterprises (SME) wishing to pool resources to strengthen ties with French-speaking countries. It would offer a temporary contribution holiday from the Health Services Fund, a tax used to finance Quebec's public health-care system. It would convert 25 per cent of assistance for eligible SMEs into non-repayable direct funding. It would gradually reduce the SME tax rate from 11.5 per cent to 10 per cent. It would create a program allowing individuals to use their retirement savings to acquire or start their first business. It would apply a 15 per cent local preference margin across all government ministries, agencies and state-owned enterprises in public calls for tender. It would require ministries, agencies and state-owned enterprises to settle their financial commitments with companies within 30 days of invoicing.
It would impose a tax on fortunes starting at $25 million. The party says the measure would allow the state to recover $5 billion. It would set a maximum salary for executives of companies receiving public subsidies. It would implement a tax reform but did not offer further details. It would set up an emergency fund to support our farmers across Quebec. It would create a "Trump provision" of up to $1 billion per year until 2028 to address potential tariff threats and preserve jobs in affected industries. It would increase rates for Hydro-Québec exports to the U.S.
It would end what it describes as the "open-door policy of subsidies" for foreign multinationals and maintain flexible support for Quebec businesses targeted by U.S. tariffs. It would abolish the Fonds de développement économique to lower corporate income taxes from 11.5 per cent to 9.5 per cent over one term. It would provide regulatory relief for business through the launch of a permanent regulation review mechanism and a secretariat dedicated to deregulation. It is committed to shrinking the public sector payroll costs by 2.5 per cent over three years. The cost reduction effort would be achieved through attrition and offering voluntary reductions in working hours as well as financial incentives for departures. It would create a secretariat for government efficiency and regulatory relief that would report to the treasury board. It would implement a permanent review mechanism for government action and the inclusion of a sunset clause in government regulations, policies and programs. It would create a parliamentary budget officer position within the auditor general's team. It would carry out an overhaul of the government apparatus to reduce processes, paperwork and accountability burdens. It would abolish the Quebec sales tax on used goods.
It would gradually reduce the provincial corporate taxes rate from 11.5 per cent to 4.7 per cent. It would offer mixed medical practice and entrust the management of some hospitals to private companies while maintaining free care when delays in the public health network are deemed unreasonable and when that option is less expensive. It would raise the basic personal amount to $35,242. Under this policy, individuals would not pay provincial income tax on the first $35,242 they earn, and anyone earning under that amount would not pay provincial income tax. It would allow the exploitation of Utica shale gas. The party says this would generate $9.4 billion in revenue in 10 years with companies paying 16 per cent in royalties to the government. It would reserve three per cent of the production value to landowners, municipalities and regional county municipalities. It would aim to reduce red tape for Quebec companies by 30 per cent. It would start by creating a public inventory of regulatory requirements and prioritize agriculture, environment and taxation and the natural resources sectors. It would order an independent public audit of investments in Lion Electric. It would abolish the Quebec sales tax on used goods.
It would not hold a general convention on education in Quebec to study the state of the province’s schools.
It would hold a general convention on education in Quebec. It would remove provisions in the Charter of the French Language that progressively reduce the number of spots in English-language colleges. It would maintain the current proportion of enrolment in French-language CEGEPs (85 per cent) and English-language CEGEPs (15 per cent). It would update vocational training programs in the construction industry. It would expand short-term training programs for high-demand jobs in the construction sector. It would add 1,000 specialized resources — equivalent to 400 full-time professional positions — to public schools as of the 2027-28 school year.
It would hold a general convention on education in Quebec. It would establish a common education network to make public and private schools accessible to all. It would spend $200 million to create a fund to ensure that every student can participate in special educational projects at their school. It would aim to reduce school dropout rates by 50 per cent during its first term by hiring 1,500 additional support staff and 500 professionals, protecting school budgets and establishing a common education network. It would greatly increase teachers' salaries but did not specify by how much. It would spend $135 million on hiring professionals to support children with disabilities. It would spend $44 million to fund paid internships for new teachers.
It would hold a general convention on education in Quebec within the first 100 days of its term. It would investigate the “language of socialization” among youth in Montreal and Laval schools to obtain a picture of linguistic dynamics and intercultural relations in schools. It would extend the Charter of the French Language to CEGEPs and to the children of non-permanent residents who have been living in Quebec for more than 12 months. It would strengthen French-language requirements for obtaining or renewing a work permit, based on the type of job held, with an exception for the agricultural sector. It would strengthen standards for spelling, grammar, syntax and vocabulary on Secondary 5 exams. It would allocate 10 per cent of the grade for all assignments to the quality of French, regardless of the subject. It would require 60 minutes of physical education per day in elementary school and high school.
It would increase the number of physical education periods in elementary and high school and add a fourth physical education course in CEGEP. It would introduce annual and standardized physical tests in schools to measure student progress.
It would double the share of natural resource royalty revenues allocated to the regions. The annual total amount would go from $38 million to $76 million as of 2027. It would finalize the Churchill Falls agreement with Newfoundland and Labrador, securing Hydro-Québec access to 10,000 megawatts of clean electricity alongside $45 billion in investments from the utility. It would reform forestry management despite abandoning Bill 97 in September 2025, which aimed to achieve the same goal.
It would create a Mining Community Development Fund to grant regional county municipalities greater control over local mining projects.
It would attempt to block all oil and gas pipeline projects on Quebec territory. It opposes the revival of shale gas exploitation. It would commit to reducing greenhouse gas emissions by at least 37.5 per cent below 1990 levels by 2030. It would maintain the goal of reaching carbon neutrality by 2050 at the latest.
It would allocate 10 per cent of corporate mining royalties directly to the regions. It would introduce a new forestry regime by the end of 2027, and adopt a policy prioritizing local wood procurement. It would call for the permanent suspension of the federal excise tax on gasoline.
It would withdraw Quebec from the cap-and-trade carbon market and eliminate the Electrification and Climate Change Fund, formerly the Fonds vert. The party says this would generate $9.4 billion in revenue in 10 years with companies paying 16 per cent in royalties to the government. It would reserve three per cent of the production value to landowners, municipalities and regional county municipalities. It would redistribute natural resource and energy revenues to the regions. It would loosen private forestry regulations, mandate minimum targets for using Quebec wood in public infrastructure and delegate timber volume management to local regions.
It would invest an additional $1 billion over four years in home care scaling up to an extra $400 million annually by 2030. To speed up treatment, it intends to redirect surgeries to other facilities in the public network after six months, followed by private sector options for certain procedures after nine months. With an annual investment of $39.5 million, it would use private clinics to perform 100,000 additional imaging exams per year, namely MRIs, CT scans and ultrasounds. The public health network would make referrals to private clinics and results would be transmitted to them to ensure continuity of care. Patients would not need to find a clinic themselves nor front the costs. It would open discussions with physicians about a "mixed practice" model, allowing them to work in both the public and private networks while maintaining a presence in the public system. It would create a new status for nurse practitioners specialized in elder care as well as a professional order for paramedics. It would maintain Santé Québec, the state-owned corporation created by the Legault government. It would prioritize the expansion of Cité-de-la-Santé Hospital in Laval.
It would set up a telehealth platform so people can see a health-care professional online without having to schedule an appointment. It would forbid private seniors' residences (RPAs) from reducing services to comply with the party's intended rent increase cap. It would table a bill to achieve and maintain pay equity with Ontario in the public health and social services network in the Outaouais region. In an email sent to CBC News, a spokesperson for Milliard said the party intends to meet with Santé Québec to "realign certain things, including the decentralization of decision making."
It would set up a new network of 400 front-line access points, expand care for minor emergencies in remote areas and strengthen psychosocial services in government-run clinics (CLSC). It would make contraception and menstrual hygiene products in public spaces free, alongside the elimination of the "pink tax" — the extra markup charged on feminine products. It would end the expansion of private health care and aim to improve the quality of care offered for free within the public health network. It would not abolish Santé Québec but would decentralize some of its powers.
It would decentralize management and return decision making to the local level in an effort to save at least $40 million. These funds would be reinvested directly into patient care to strengthen CLSC primary care, improve overall access, and cut surgical wait times.It would double the budget for reimbursing transportation costs for medical travel. It would abolish Santé Québec.
It would introduce a "mixed practice" model and allow private companies to manage select hospitals, while guaranteeing free care — provided that public network delays are deemed unreasonable and the private alternative is more cost-effective. It would add between 400 to 500 annual admissions to medical school as well as 1,500 new specialized nurse practitioners during its term. It would expand the role of paramedics, allowing them to treat more patients on site. It would abolish Santé Québec.
It would present a tax credit to provide $7,500 per household to families adapting their residence to accommodate an elderly relative. The measure is estimated to cost about $4 million per year for 500 families. It would create a fund to support the construction of prefabricated housing developments, ensuring the housing units are priced under $350,000. It would invest $100 million to prevent and address homelessness. It would provide rent supplements for an additional 1,000 at-risk tenants and 1,000 people experiencing homelessness. It would develop a homelessness action plan with other levels of government and civil society groups in the first two months of its term. The plan would be presented to stakeholders in the spring of 2027.
It would invest an additional $60 million annually in homelessness prevention and housing support, including expanded rent supplements and eviction prevention. It would aim to build 100,000 housing units annually in its first term and add 40,000 affordable housing units to the rental market within five years. It would prioritize vulnerable groups for the new developments, such as people experiencing homelessness, people with disabilities, seniors and survivors of intimate partner violence. It would aim to increase the share of non-market housing to 20 per cent by 2050. It would cap rent increases at private seniors' residences (RPAs), based on limits set by the Tribunal administratif du logement. It would introduce an interest-free loan program through Investissement Québec to allow businesses in the prefabricated construction sector to modernize and increase their capacity. It would aim for 50 per cent of homes funded by Quebec’s housing agency to be built using prefabrication. It would implement a performance-based approach in partnership with municipalities to accelerate residential building permits. It would allow Quebec real estate investors to defer capital gains when they reinvest their profits in the construction of new housing. The deferral would be allowed for up to a maximum of $1 million.
It would create a provincial rent registry. It would create a program for down payment loans of up to $50,000 for first-time homebuyers. It would put an end to blind bidding on purchase offers. It would refund the Quebec sales tax on new construction to incentivize affordable housing. It would build 25,000 new social and community housing units within four years across Quebec. It would acquire and renovate 25,000 existing units from private buildings and convert them into social housing. It would limit rent increases to the rate of inflation while not allowing it to surpass three per cent. It would make penalties more severe for repeat-offender landlords. It would anonymize names of renters involved in Tribune administratif du Logement (TAL) cases when they are not at fault. It would increase the TAL’s funding to ensure cases are heard in a timely manner. It would ban evictions for the cheapest 25 per cent of apartments as long as the vacancy rate is below three per cent. It would ban evictions in winter and throughout the school year for families. It would change the Civil Code to invalidate clauses that forbid pets in rentals. It would invest in the creation of standardized, pre-approved architectural designs while establishing a group purchasing hub to negotiate better material prices and supplier costs. It would remove rules that tie community housing rents to market prices, ensuring long-term affordability.
It would reduce homelessness by 50 per cent by 2030 and strengthen the social safety net. It would grant financial assistance of $10,000 to cover part of the costs of converting a property into an intergenerational home. It would increase funding by $10 million per year for the Programme d’adaptation de domicile, which provides financial assistance for carrying out renovation work. It would facilitate access to the tax credit for home support.
It would invest in existing programs, such as l'Allocation-logement, to support low-income tenants.
The party has yet to announce its plans.
It would increase the grace period granted to newcomers from six months to two years before the state is required to communicate with them exclusively in French.
It would offer accelerated, voluntary and free access to the Quebec citizenship process to all permanent residents living in an independent Quebec. It would bring 70,000 new permanent immigrants per year and revive the Quebec Experience Program. It would regionalize immigration, allowing municipalities to set their reception capacity.
It would reduce non-permanent immigration quotas by half, setting a target between 200,000 and 250,000 people, while protecting sectors such as agriculture, manufacturing and health care. It would impose a moratorium on international permanent immigration until non-permanent immigration is reduced by half. All economic immigrants eligible for permanent resident status would be drawn from the pool of non-permanent residents who are already living in Quebec. It would set the permanent immigration cap at 35,000 people per year. It would create a Quebec citizenship ceremony.
It would regionalize immigration, allowing municipalities to set their own reception capacity.
The party has yet to announce its plans.
It says it prioritizes a nation-to-nation approach with First Nations and Inuit and would prioritize consulting them on matters that affect them. The party has yet to announce its plans.
It would adopt the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). It would co-draft bills with Indigenous peoples. The party previously tabled a bill to this effect during the last parliamentary session. It would create the constituent assembly process with First Nations and Inuit so they can participate as they see fit in Quebec’s independence process. As a country, Quebec would become a multinational state and the first founded with First Peoples.The party would forge new partnerships with First Nations and Inuit for any future renewable energy development on their territories.
The party has yet to announce its plans.
The party has yet to announce its plans.
It would spend $53.4 million over four years to add an intervention team in each of the 164 transition homes and shelters for women who are victims of intimate partner violence across the province. It would build eight emergency service homes to support victims in the short term.
The party has yet to announce its plans.
It would create a Ministry of Women and Gender Equality to prioritize stopping violence against women.
It would hire 100 new prosecutors to avoid criminal cases being dismissed due to a lack of resources.
The party has yet to announce its plans.
It would extend the Charter of the French Language to vocational training and general adult education. It would table a bill to renew the notwithstanding clause for Bill 96, which added French-language courses and lowered enrolment quotas in English-language CEGEPs. It would carry out the previous CAQ government's plan for the French language, which is projected to cost $605 million over five years.
It would modify Bill 96. It would increase the grace period granted to newcomers from six months to two years before the government is required to communicate with them exclusively in French. It would aim to modify Bill 96 to reduce the burden on businesses. It would consult with legal experts before deciding if it wants to renew the notwithstanding clause shielding Bill 96 from constitutional challenges. It would invest $380 million over four years to promote French. It would provide every elementary school student with a Quebec French-language children's book. It would reduce wait times for access to French-language courses to six weeks. It would create a support program for French-language content creators on social media platforms. It would maintain the current proportions of the French- and English-language college networks while ensuring that adults retain the freedom to choose their postsecondary studies, subject to available space.
It would invest an additional $100 million into French-language learning by doubling the funding for the Programme soutien à la francisation and the Programme québécois d'apprentissage du français. It would also introduce paid French-language courses in the workplace.
It would extend the Charter of the French Language to CEGEPs and to the children of non-permanent residents who have been living in Quebec for more than 12 months. It would strengthen French-language requirements for obtaining or renewing a work permit, based on the type of job held, with an exception for the agricultural sector. It would investigate the language used among youth in Montreal and Laval schools to obtain a picture of linguistic and cultural trends in schools. It would strengthen standards for spelling, grammar, syntax and vocabulary on Secondary 5 exams. It would allocate 10 per cent of the grade on all assignments to the quality of French, regardless of the subject.
The party has yet to announce its plans.
The party has yet to announce its plans.
It would continue studies on the third link that would connect Lévis to Quebec City. It would establish predictable, long-term funding for public transit. It would partner with the City of Montreal to renovate and modernize the Metro system.
It would invest $23 billion in public transit over 10 years. It does not support a third link project, connecting Lévis to Quebec City. It would finish the first and second phases of the Quebec City tramway. It would renovate the Montreal Metro and make it universally accessible. It would modernize the network of trains, buses and reserved lanes around the province. It would extend and loop the Orange Line in Laval and carry out the structural transit project in Montreal's east end. It would build a tramway in Gatineau, connected to Ottawa's O-Train.
It would connect Lévis and Quebec City via public transit and not through a highway. The party did not specify the transportation but it alluded to its promises from 2022, when it proposed building a light-rail system connecting the two shores by tunnel. It would create a "mobility pass," allowing passengers to use all public transit agencies in Quebec (Metro, bus and trains) for $95 per month, regardless of their place of residence or destination.
It would refuse any request from the Communauté métropolitaine de Québec aimed at implementing a gas tax, similar to the one Montreal levies to fund public transit. It would allow cities to withdraw from a public transit authority if they wish. It would build a bridge as a third link connecting Quebec City and Lévis, at an estimated cost between $2.5 and $3 billion. In the Quebec City region, it would add a third lane on Highway 40 between the Jean-Gauvin Road exit and the Route 138 exit. It would also add a central left-turn lane on Route 138 up to the intersection with Tessier Road. It has said that the Réseau de transport de la Capitale is not lacking funding and instead needs to be trimmed. It has said that creating a district transit network in Saint-Augustin-de-Desmaures could stimulate competition and lead to better results.
It would not hold a referendum on Quebec independence.
It would not hold a referendum on Quebec independence. It would not renew the notwithstanding clause shielding Quebec’s secularism law, known as Bill 21, from constitutional challenges.
It would consult the population on Quebec independence despite the trade war with the U.S. It would initiate a four-step process to do so, including holding public and Indigenous consultations to draft a constitution for approval via referendum. It would recognize and implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples as a cornerstone of its sovereignty process.
It would consult the population on Quebec independence and hold a referendum after U.S. President Donald Trump leaves office. It would transition an independent Quebec into a republic with its own military. Five per cent of Quebec's GDP would be allocated to defence spending. It would have Quebec join NATO and NORAD, and it would create a Quebec currency. It would adopt a provisional constitution. It would create a new Quebec constitution following a referendum in favour of independence.
It would not hold a referendum on Quebec independence.
