Quebec's national assembly winter session is coming to a close. Amid all the controversy of the past few months, Premier François Legault says there are things to celebrate.
Quebec Premier François Legault during his end of session press conference flanked by Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault and Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette. Friday June 7, 2024.It was marked with issues in the health-care system such as longer and longer wait times, crumbling infrastructure exemplified by the Île-aux-Tourtes bridge and tense relations with Ottawa over the number of asylum seekers entering the province.
“I want to celebrate the economic results we’ve had since five years; it’s incredible that we did a lot better than the rest of Canada. I’m talking about the GDP per capita, I’m talking about the average salary,” Legault said during his end-of-session press conference.The premier announced he is setting up a committee of experts that will look into what powers Quebec can reclaim from Ottawa.
Despite that, Nadeau-Dubois says he’s proud of the passing of Quebec’s bill imposing a three-year moratorium on evictions, a file that the party had been championing for years.
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