(Quebec) Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard announced Thursday morning that he will offer his economic update on November 7.
In a press scrum at the National Assembly, Mr. Girard said he heard the population’s concerns on the issues of housing, homelessness and adaptation to climate change.
He did not want to comment on the precise measures he intends to put in place.
The government has stressed the importance of reaching an agreement with the federal government on housing by Friday next week. Quebec is ready to match the sum of 900 million for social housing.
“If we do not have the 900 million from the federal government, the means are limited in Quebec, so the program that we are going to announce on November 7 would be less important,” argued Prime Minister François Legault upon his arrival at the time. questions.
He criticized the federal government for “obstinately persisting with all kinds of conditions.”
Minister Girard says he has expressed his requests to the federal Minister of Finance and Deputy Prime Minister, Chrystia Freeland.
“There is a time to discuss, then there is a time to agree. We have reached the moment where we need to come to an agreement,” he concluded.