Quebec will present a “demanding and responsible” budget on Tuesday, 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. »
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.