QS wishes to suspend all payments to the Generations Fund

(Montreal) If elected, Quebec Solider pledges to suspend all payments to the Generations Fund. During the election campaign, the party will indicate what it wants to do with the 22 billion to be remitted by 2026-2027.

Posted at 8:58 am

Charles Lecavalier
Pres

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, head of parliament for QS, made the announcement Tuesday morning in an interview with Tout un matin on Radio-Canada. He said he wanted to “suspend payments to the Generation Fund”. In 2018, QS wanted to use these amounts to fund the fight against climate change.

Earlier in the day, he made no secret of his distaste for the policy of the Generation Fund, created in 2006 to help offset the burden of debt.

“Continuing to lose billions of dollars a year, because it’s a generational background, on the pretext that debt would be absolutely dangerous, I think it’s an old reflection from another era in Quebec politics. Accounting problems before people’s well-being,” Mr. Nadeau-Dubois said.

“At Quebec solidaire we’ve always been criticized, when we have to do so many things, we lose a lot of revenue,” he said.

Every year, the State of Quebec sends an amount to the Generations Fund, which is specifically provided by “hydraulic royalties from Hydro-Québec” and “indexation of the price of generation electricity” and “revenue mining”. , the Finance Ministry notes.

Later in the day, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois plans to make an announcement “on the cost of living” at the Écomusée du fier monde in Montreal, and then he will campaign in Quebec City on Jean’s ride. Talon..