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A few days ago the CAQ released their budget for Quebec and I think it raises some big questions about the CAQ's economic and social policy. First of all the budget screws over the island of Montreal, instead focusing purely on the off-island suburbs by allocating almost nothing for public transit on the island and tax cuts and policies that disproportionately does very little for a lot of the population on the island but has a big impact on the families off-island. Along with where the CAQ is spending money on education, my theory is they want to encourage the Francophone population to have more children. Also Anglophones get nothing but school closures.
Then the really big question, Quebec has a labour shortage and productivity issues but the CAQ seems to have no plan to deal with it. They do not want immigrants but they also do not want to train Quebeckers either, offering very little for post-secondary education. What is the CAQ trying to do? They are not even trying to solve the underlying issues of the Quebec economy, they seem to be far more focused on encouraging the Francophone population to produce children. But even then what is the point of you do not solve the fundamental economic problems in Quebec first?
Then the really big question, Quebec has a labour shortage and productivity issues but the CAQ seems to have no plan to deal with it. They do not want immigrants but they also do not want to train Quebeckers either, offering very little for post-secondary education. What is the CAQ trying to do? They are not even trying to solve the underlying issues of the Quebec economy, they seem to be far more focused on encouraging the Francophone population to produce children. But even then what is the point of you do not solve the fundamental economic problems in Quebec first?
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