(Sherbrooke) The CAQ government does not feel bound to the proposals of the congress taking place in Sherbrooke.
This was affirmed on Saturday morning by the Minister of Economy, Innovation and Energy, Pierre Fitzgibbon, and the MP for Saint-Jérôme, Youri Chassin.
In a press scrum, Mr. Fitzgibbon said that the members of the Coalition avenir Québec (CAQ) in the regions had worked a lot “and we will listen to them”.
He added that we had to “thank these people” and that it was important to “stay connected with the world”.
But he does not feel tied to the resolutions that will be passed by activists, suggesting that the government cannot do everything.
” Well no ! “, the government is not bound to the resolutions, reacted Mr. Chassin. “The party proposes, and then after that the government, in those circumstances, also judges other factors,” he said.
The caquistes gathered at the weekend will debate 32 proposals, several of which relate to energy.
We want to build new dams, improve the energy efficiency of buildings in Quebec and require the installation of an electric charging station in any gas station with more than six pumps.
For young people, it is proposed to offer an amount of $1,000 to the parents of each child born in Quebec, in the form of a deposit in a registered education savings plan (RESP).
We also want parents to be able to withdraw an amount from the registered retirement savings plan (RRSP), exempt from provincial tax, to contribute to their child’s down payment for the purchase of a first principal residence.
In addition, CAQ members are calling on Ottawa for full control of the Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP).
Some will also take advantage of the convention to ask the government to put an end to the monopoly of the Société des alcools du Québec (SAQ). The Minister of Finance, Eric Girard, however, closed the door to this idea during the study of credits.