By Canadian Press

Quebec election: François Legault promises to balance Quebec budget in five years

Sep 10, 2022 | 9:07 AM

SAINT-JÉRÔME, Que. — Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault is promising to balance Quebec’s budget in five years if his party is re-elected on Oct. 3.

Legault told reporters in Saint-Jérôme, Que., north of Montreal, that his party is the only one that has a credible plan to return to a balanced budget and pay down the province’s debt.

The CAQ has made $29.6 billion in promises, including a one percentage point cut in the tax rate of the two lowest tax brackets. 

The CAQ would increase the province’s projected deficit for 2022-2023 from 1.6 billion in a pre-election forecast to $7.6 billion. 

Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade is in Quebec’s Eastern Townships, east of Montreal, where she is promising to give municipalities more taxation powers. She also says a Liberal government would pay municipal property taxes on provincial government buildings, which is not currently the case.   

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Québec solidaire spokesman Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime are both campaigning in Quebec City today, while Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is in Montreal. 

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 10, 2022.

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