Overview
- The CAQ released a fiscal outline on Sunday showing $9.7 billion in new spending over five years and about $6 billion in additional revenue needed to balance the budget.
- Quebec’s auditor general warned before the campaign that the balanced‑budget law requires the multi‑billion deficit be erased by 2029–2030, tightening the next government’s room to add spending or cut taxes.
- Parties kept rolling out large promises on Day 3 and Day 4 of the campaign, including the Parti Québécois’ plan to cut temporary immigration to 200,000–250,000 and Québec solidaire’s $23 billion transit plan plus 50,000 social housing units and a rent cap.
- The Conservatives proposed sweeping tax cuts, a five‑month suspension of the provincial fuel tax and a plan to cut government spending by $47 billion, while Liberals focused on seniors’ affordability, home care and red‑tape relief for small businesses.
- Analysts and party leaders say the CAQ plan counts on unspecified federal transfers and that the auditor‑general’s findings make the feasibility of many pledges a central issue voters should watch as parties are expected to publish more detailed fiscal plans before the Oct. 5 election.