Overview

• The premier said he will table legislation to accelerate approvals for major economic and energy projects, echoing recent fast-tracking laws in Ottawa, Ontario and British Columbia.
• He asked the Caisse de dépôt et placement to increase its investments in Quebec and directed the finance minister to explore tax cuts or mailed cheques to ease household costs.
• Treasury Board President France‑Élaine Duranceau will soon set ambitious targets to shrink the public service, with a Radio‑Canada scenario reporting up to 6,000 positions cut over three years.
• Legault renewed his identity agenda by signaling a tougher secularism bill likely to prohibit public prayers and warned about threats from what he called radical Islamists.
• He framed the pivot as a comeback effort after admitting costly blunders including a $500‑million SAAQClic overrun, as polls show the CAQ sliding and Équiterre cautions that shortcutting approvals could prove costly.