Québec solidaire (QS) should announce a drop in tuition fees of around 25% and additional taxes on financial institutions in the financial framework that it will unveil at the end of the morning on Friday.
The parliamentary leader of QS, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, leaked some measures included in his financial framework during a citizens’ assembly in Trois-Rivières in the evening, Thursday, where he answered questions from citizens for more than an hour. .
“Tomorrow, we will make a commitment to start moving towards free education at university in Quebec,” said Mr. Nadeau-Dubois. What is the first step? This is a 25% reduction in tuition fees in all universities in Quebec. »
The left-leaning party, which has already unveiled a tax proposal for individuals with a net asset value of more than $1 million, will also unveil other tax measures to boost state revenue.
Large companies, more particularly financial institutions, will probably be targeted in the measures that will be unveiled in the financial framework, said the supportive candidate to the 200 or so members who came to listen to him.
A united government would not increase the tax contribution of SMEs, assured the aspiring Prime Minister.
“I am thinking of the banks, for example, which are making fabulous profits and which risk making even more if interest rates rise. Meanwhile, the world is struggling. Our promises, we will finance them. How are we going to finance them? Simply by getting people to contribute who can afford to contribute more. »
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