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2025 Debate – What Impact on Voters?From a last-minute broadcast time change to accommodate the Montreal Canadiens game, to the exclusion of the Green Party just hours before the event, the road to this first leaders’ debate was, to say the least, filled with twists and turns. Will this debate help Quebec voters and French-speaking Canadians outside Quebec make a more…Read article
Municipalities: Super Powers and Great ResponsibilitiesTo make good use of their new super powers, cities and municipalities will need to exercise caution and communicate more effectively than ever. Here are three tips for them. Municipal associations (UMQ, FQM) have long been asking the government to allow them to lift referendum approval for real estate projects, in order to avoid often…Read article
Balanced budget: can we still achieve it?Nothing is clearer than Article 6 of the Balanced Budget Act: The government may not incur any budgetary deficit. But why does it happen with every budget? It’s quite a difficult accounting exercise to wrap your head around. I make no claim to being a public finance expert, but we can certainly go back to…Read article
The Budget Process: What Is It, Exactly?Every year, Quebec’s Minister of Finance tables a budget covering the upcoming fiscal year. For 2025-2026, we’ll be joining Minister Eric Girard on March 25 for his big day. Later than usual, you might say? Yes, but understandable given all the uncertainty being imposed on us by the United States. What is a budget? At…Read article
Chronicle of a Predicted Victory in TerrebonneFollowing Pierre Fitzgibbon’s resignation as minister and member of the National Assembly in September 2024, the riding of Terrebonne was awaiting its new representative. Without much surprise, the Parti Québécois managed to elect its candidate, former PQ president Catherine Gentilcore, with 52.74% of votes cast. It should be noted that this is a homecoming for…Read article
A First Address to Congress Amid Rising TensionsDonald Trump’s first address to Congress in his second term took place against a backdrop of tension. As evidence, the speech began with the expulsion of a Democratic representative who was interrupting the Republican president in a sign of protest. It is a tradition of the American political system. The new president addresses a joint…Read article
Is the Environment Being Pushed to the Back Burner in 2025?It was 2019, on a mild autumn day: under the September sun, in a surge of hope and anger, 500,000 people from all walks of life took to the streets of Montreal to urge governments and political decision-makers to act in proportion to the climate disruptions our planet is facing. Since then, extreme weather events…Read article
Catapulte Strengthens Its Expertise with Two Strategic AppointmentsMontreal, February 3, 2025 — Sophie Villeneuve, partner at Catapulte, is proud to announce two new appointments to her leadership team. These appointments mark an important milestone in the company’s growth and reflect a continued commitment to improving productivity and operations for the benefit of the clients they serve. Jérémie Tremblay becomes Director of Strategic…Read article
Trump’s Inauguration: The Billionaires’ DanceThe inauguration of Donald Trump’s second term put on a spectacle heavy with symbolism in many respects. Jeff Bezos, the founder and principal shareholder of Amazon, was seated directly behind Vice President JD Vance. Shou Zi Chew of TikTok, Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook, Elon Musk of Tesla and recent owner of X (Twitter), Sundar Pichai…Read article
Federal Economic Update 2024It was a day marked by unexpected developments when the federal government unveiled the 2024 fall economic update, the last of the current mandate. With the unforeseen departure of Ms. Chrystia Freeland as Minister of Finance and the appointment of Mr. Dominic Leblanc to that position, adding to his responsibilities as Minister of Public Safety,…Read article