Overview

• Quebec’s legislature, previously set to resume Sept. 16, will now return Sept. 30 following a prorogation.
• The premier’s office says the timing gives incoming ministers room to learn their files and build their teams.
• The moves come after Legault and several ministers testified at a public inquiry into SAAQclic cost overruns at the auto insurance board.
• Municipal Affairs Minister Andrée Laforest will leave provincial politics to run for Saguenay mayor in November, triggering a byelection within six months.
• Legault’s CAQ faces deep unpopularity, with poll aggregator Qc125 projecting zero to three seats if an election were held today, and this will be only the second major shuffle since 2018.