Quebec's finance minister on Tuesday presented a budget that boosted government spending to unprecedented levels to better weather economic headwinds. Rising in the National Assembly to present the ...

QUEBEC — U.S. President Donald Trump is fond of walls. Quebec’s 2025-26 budget is designed to create one in the form of a tariff shield. But shoring up Quebec’s economy against unprecedented U.S.

A stagnant economy, a historic forest fire season and billions of dollars in public sector wage increases are what Quebec’s finance minister says have led to one of the biggest budget deficits in the ...

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard waves to guest in the gallery before presenting the government's budget on Tuesday at the National Assembly in Quebec City. (Jacques Boissinot/The Canadian Press - ...

QUEBEC — The health and education budgets emerge unscathed and even grow. But with a perfect storm of a stagnant economy, sliding revenues and increased spending painting him into a corner, Quebec ...