(Montreal Gazette) Premier François Legault has revealed his roadmap for the year ahead. It includes financial relief for taxpayers, more secularism legislation to counter what he says is the assault on Quebec values by “radical Islamists,” and a plan to speed up strategic economic projects in the same way Ottawa has.
In one of his last good chances to jump-start his sagging government before the next election, Legault delivered a 45-minute inaugural speech to the National Assembly as the legislature began its new session on Tuesday, rehashing many of the promises he made in the last few weeks.
If there was something new in the speech, it was the spin at the end. Without a direct reference to his government’s recent poor performance, Legault urged Quebecers to not feel depressed about the state of the world.
