Quebec to table budget March 25 with focus on infrastructure, tariffs

The Canadian Press

· Posted: Mar 06, 2025 1:05 PM EST | Last Updated: 9 hours ago

Quebec's concern curate volition array the province's adjacent fund connected March 25, with a absorption connected shoring up businesses and workers amid the economical disruption of U.S. tariffs.

Eric Girard says the fund for the 2025-26 fiscal twelvemonth volition beryllium a accidental to contiguous the province's program to "support Quebec successful the look of economical uncertainty."

Quebec Premier François Legault said earlier this week helium had asked Girard to see backing to velocity up large infrastructure projects, including for schools, hospitals and transportation.

The premier besides said the fund would see backing for the province's concern limb — Investissement Québec — arsenic good arsenic recently announced indebtedness programs for businesses threatened by the 25 per cent tariffs the U.S. imposed connected Canadian goods connected Tuesday. 

Girard presented an economical update successful November that painted a rosy representation of the province's economical progress, contempt a projected $11-billion deficit.

Girard antecedently told reporters the government's extremity is to equilibrium the fund by the 2029-30 fiscal year, but it's unclear whether the tariffs volition interaction that plan.