Time’s up, present us the playing cards. Premier François Legault Thursday declares his new cupboard, the one he needs to see handle Quebec within the Coalition Avenir Québec’s second mandate. The ceremony is at 2 p.m.
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QUEBEC — It seems that many of the core group will keep intact, however there’ll new faces on the desk too.
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Two weeks after his landslide electoral win, Premier François Legault Thursday is to disclose his picks for cupboard in a ceremony on the Nationwide Meeting. The occasion kicks off at 2 p.m., adopted by a primary assembly of the brand new cupboard at 6 p.m.
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Not like the primary cupboard nomination course of in 2018, when the Coalition Avenir Québec received its first mandate, little has leaked out over the previous few days over who’s in and who just isn’t.
That’s most likely as a result of Legault has held off till the final minute making the calls informing MNAs of their destiny, a transfer that places a lid on the same old gossip mill.
On Wednesday, looking for to keep away from media consideration, Legault was not working from his workplace within the Honoré-Mercier constructing close to parliament however was hunkered down in one other location.
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Legault has admitted the operation is difficult. Within the Oct. 3 election, the CAQ caucus grew from 76 to 90 MNAs (together with himself) which suggests he has far more individuals than he wants even when his cupboard is anticipated to develop. The earlier cupboard included 27 ministers (together with Legault).
“The alternatives might be excruciating,” Legault mentioned Oct. 6 on the first assembly of the brand new CAQ caucus.
There are, nonetheless, a couple of givens. Throughout the marketing campaign, Legault made it clear he meant to re-appoint Well being and Social Providers Minister Christian Dubé so he can proceed his work re-tooling the well being system. Legault has additionally advised he’ll preserve the prevailing two junior well being minister positions.
Lionel Carmant, the neurologist who’s liable for the youth safety and psychological well being recordsdata, is a type of juniors. Carmant has mentioned he needs to remain in the identical position and that seems doubtless.
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The second junior well being portfolio, accountability for seniors and caregivers, was left vacant with the departure of Marguerite Blais. Here’s a probability for Legault to herald a brand new face and there are rumours it will likely be Sonia Bélanger, who till just lately was president-director-general of the CIUSSS du Centre-Sud-de-l’Île-de-Montréal.
Whoever will get the job should enact the CAQ’s election promise to vastly enhance the house care system for seniors.
A couple of different gamers usually are not anticipated to maneuver. That features Finance Minister Eric Girard and Pierre Fitzgibbon, minister for the financial system.
“I just like the financial system,” Fitzgibbon mentioned Tuesday following the swearing-in ceremony for CAQ MNAs. “I instructed (the premier) that I’m within the financial system.”
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One one that might be modified is Immigration Minister Jean Boulet. After his controversial remarks through the election marketing campaign, Legault mentioned Boulet had disqualified himself from holding the identical place within the new cupboard. However he’s anticipated to outlive the lower in one other cupboard position.
Legault is likely to be tempted to select a extra conciliatory candidate to deal with the difficult difficulty given the lingering unhealthy optics the feedback created amongst minorities. However, Legault is calling on Ottawa to give up extra powers over immigration, which suggests he would possibly choose a extra hardline Canadian relations minister than the present minister Sonia LeBel.
There are persistent unconfirmed rumours LeBel might be moved to training, a substitute for Jean-François Roberge who has held the put up for 4 years, weathering many storms together with the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Geneviève Guilbault, who’s the deputy premier and likewise minister of public safety, has requested to drop her third job which is minister liable for the Quebec Metropolis area. If Legault does that, he might have a spot for his former Parti Québécois recruit Bernard Drainville, who received within the using of Lévis. Once more, that is simply hypothesis.
The hearsay is Simon Jolin-Barrette will retain his position as CAQ home chief. He at the moment is also justice minister.
On high of all of the ministries, Legault additionally has to contemplate the male-female ratio of his cupboard in addition to designating somebody liable for every area, together with Montreal the place the CAQ has solely two MNAs.
Legault has to resolve whether or not he’ll wish to retain the position as minister liable for relations with English-speaking Quebecers. Whereas Legault has mentioned he most likely will, organizations just like the Quebec Neighborhood Teams Community have mentioned they want a full-time minister within the job as a result of they really feel Legault doesn’t have sufficient time.
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However maybe anticipating a few of his MNAs is not going to be pleased, Legault Tuesday reminded them at their swearing-in ceremony that he expects the social gathering and his authorities to face united.
“In personal, in caucus, we are able to say something, however once we emerge, we’re a united block, unattainable to interrupt by way of,” Legault mentioned.
Legault has already introduced the legislature, the forty third in Quebec’s historical past, will resume sitting Nov. 29 for a brief session earlier than the Christmas break.
The primary order of enterprise might be electing a brand new president or speaker of the home. The main candidate is the outgoing tradition and communications minister, Nathalie Roy, who confirmed Tuesday to the Montreal Gazette that she is within the job.
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She is going to most likely get it as she has the approval of Legault himself, sources say.
The subsequent day, Nov. 30, might be consumed by a recent inaugural speech by Legault. It’s in that speech that he’ll define what he plans to do over the following 4 years of his mandate.
Within the meantime, negotiations are anticipated to start out subsequent week over whether or not Québec solidaire and the Parti Québécois might be allowed to have opposition social gathering standing, which suggests extra money for employees and higher talking rights.
Below the rules, a parliamentary group is outlined as any group with at the very least 12 MNAs elected from the identical social gathering or any group that obtained at the very least 20 per cent of the favored vote within the earlier normal election.
Neither QS, which elected 11 MNAs, or the PQ, which elected three, qualify.
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