Most Quebecers will be enjoying the construction holiday over the next two weeks. It will provide one last respite before what promises to be a colourful election season. With the campaign likely to begin in only a few weeks, Québec Now is providing an overview of the parties as they line up on the starting line: CAQ: An Incumbent Government Facing Political Extinction Christine Fréchette made a successful debut with an initial bump in the polls, but since then she has stru

Québec will not solve its housing crisis without making a genuine shift in favour of residential construction and development more broadly. The challenge is much like the one facing the rest of Canada: demand is outpacing supply, while projects remain too slow, too complex, and too costly to complete. Despite the urgency, Québec’s current approval system still makes it exceptionally difficult to advance new developments. Approval delays are often excessive, processes lack pre

Although Québec’s new Integrated Energy Resource Management Plan acknowledges that energy demand will grow significantly over the coming decades, it does not yet provide a sufficiently detailed and credible strategy for meeting that demand. In its current form, the plan places a disproportionate share of Québec’s energy future on Hydro-Québec. Electrification is presented not simply as an important part of the transition, but as its primary solution. By 2050, electricity dema

That’s it: in Québec, the final parliamentary session before the general election has concluded. MNAs are returning to their ridings to prepare for the election campaign, which is expected to officially launch in a matter of weeks. What has defined the final stretch of the CAQ’s second mandate? In this month’s issue of Québec Now, our team offers you a concise overview of the latest political developments in the province. A last-minute bill on energy drinks passes In recent