Quebec Solidaire’s lofty promises are often dismissed as farfetched, pie-in-the-sky ideals, but today party leader Manon Massé laid out her plan to pay for her party’s platform.
She said her party will need an estimated $13B to pay for what she called her party’s “society project,” which would eliminate usage fees for almost all services in the province, including for public transit, and post-secondary education, and would extend free dental coverage to all.
To pay for these promises, a Quebec Solidaire government would implement a series of both cost saving and revenue generating measures.
Speciality doctors have also been singled out for earning too much money. Quebec Solidaire proposes a wage cut for those doctors, the total value which would be $925 million over four years.
Simon Tremblay-Pepin, Quebec Solidaire candidate for the West Island riding of Nelligan, responded to questions about his party’s intention to raise taxes on wealthy Quebecers.
“It is two per cent of their total remuneration,” he said. “That is not a lot. They have been reduced for years; consequently, we think we are quite reasonable in what we are getting there.”