These will be updated as parties add to their platforms ahead of the Oct. 5 vote.
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Child Care
Coalition Avenir Québec
It would turn the school supplies supplement into a back-to-school supplement of up to $250 per child, based on family income.
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It would introduce a new tax credit that would reimburse up to 75 per cent of school-day child-care fees, based on family income.
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The party says more than half a million children could benefit from a reimbursement of up to $1,309.
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It would convert 5,000 private child-care spots into subsidized ones and create 5,000 brand new subsidized spots.
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Those would be in addition to the 15,000 child-care spots the party previously promised to deliver.
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It would offer two additional weeks of parental leave for fathers and up to four weeks of transferable paid leave to a grandparent or another relative.
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It would provide four weeks of leave for grieving fathers after a perinatal death.
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It would give women in government jobs up to two years instead of six months to buy back their years of services.
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It would allow Quebec Parental Insurance Plan payments to be extended up to five years after a birth.
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It would increase the Supplement for Handicapped Children by $50, bringing it to $291 per month.
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It would increase both tiers of the Supplement for Handicapped Children Requiring Exceptional Care by $100 per month.
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The party says changes to the supplements would cost $30 million per year.
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The party has yet to announce its plans.
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Québec Solidaire
It would implement a universal school food program.
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It would replace the sum paid to parents for school supplies with a government-run bulk purchasing system, where the provincial procurement office would redistribute supplies to all parents, regardless of income.
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The party has yet to announce its plans.
Conservative Party of Quebec
It would maintain funding for the public child-care network.
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It would enhance the child-care expense tax credit for an annual savings of $950 for the middle class.
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It would offer a home child-care allowance of $100 per week.
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Cost of Living
Coalition Avenir Québec
It would invest $1,000 in the Registered Education Savings Plan of every child born in Quebec, starting in the fall of 2027.
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It would raise the tax credit for seniors' assistance by $200, bringing it up to $2,200 for low-income individuals aged 70 and over whose annual income is lower than $29,000.
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It would shield up to $35,000 of employment income from income tax and the calculation of the main Quebec benefits for seniors aged 65 and up who want to continue working jobs in essential services facing a labour shortage (e.g., teachers, early childhood educators, nurses, orderlies).
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Quebec Liberal Party
The party has yet to announce its plans.
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It would increase the minimum salary to $20 per hour as of May 1, 2027.
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It would create state-owned grocery stores to compete with the five major companies that control most of the food market.
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It would cap grocery margins at two per cent.
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It would strengthen consumer protection regulations to counter dynamic pricing, shrinkflation, tacit price-fixing and hidden fees in essential service pricing.
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It would make contraception free, offer free menstrual hygiene products in public spaces and end the "pink tax," the surplus charged for feminine versions of a product.
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It would abolish the Quebec sales tax on used goods.
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It would table a bill to ban surveillance pricing in grocery stores, where businesses offer different prices based on consumers' personal data.
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It would abolish the Quebec sales tax on used goods.
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Conservative Party of Quebec
It would withdraw Quebec from the cap-and-trade carbon market.
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It would remove the provincial tax on gas for five months.
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It would raise the basic personal amount to $35,242.
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Under this policy, individuals would not pay provincial income tax on the first $35,242 they earn, and anyone earning under that amount would not pay provincial income tax.
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It would abolish the Quebec sales tax on used goods.
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The party's financial framework provides for a $13 billion increase in the Quebec Infrastructure Plan, bringing the total to $180 billion.
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Of that amount, 75 per cent will be dedicated to maintaining existing infrastructure.
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It is maintaining its goal to balance the budget by 2029-30.
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The party's election promises would cost $9.2 billion over five years.
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…and 220 more, not listed.
The Aporia
