Quebec bills

This Quebec bill amends the Act respecting the governance of the health and social services system to prohibit the exclusion of community organizations from financial assistance programs solely because they have a social economy project (e.g., a cooperative, non-profit with commercial activities, or social enterprise component).

This bill amends the Québec Immigration Act to require that temporary residents be factored into the province's immigration planning process, alongside permanent immigrants, in both multi-year and annual immigration plans.

This Quebec bill requires all projects added to the Québec Infrastructure Plan (QIP) to obtain ministerial authorization from the Environment Minister, who must assess and may refuse projects that jeopardize Quebec's greenhouse gas reduction targets. It also mandates a climate impact report accompany the QIP and requires government bodies to share relevant emissions data with the Environment Minister.

This Quebec bill creates a formal system allowing individuals at risk of intimate partner violence to request that the Sûreté du Québec search for and disclose relevant information about a partner's history, with findings communicated through a designated support organization to help the person make informed safety decisions.

This bill amends the Act respecting the Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec (CDPQ) to require the fund to pursue investments with sustainable social and environmental impacts as part of its core mission, and to report on those impacts annually to the Minister of Finance.

This Quebec bill amends the Education Act to legally require schools to provide equivalent educational services to students with disabilities, social maladjustments, or learning disabilities when the school cannot deliver standard services, with the goal of enabling personal development, societal integration, and academic progress toward a diploma.

This Quebec bill requires all preschool, elementary, and secondary educational institutions (public and private) to develop and implement a formal policy to prevent and combat sexual violence within one year of the Act coming into force. The policy must cover complaint procedures, mandatory training, safety measures, support services, and a code of conduct for staff in positions of authority over students.

This Quebec bill amends the Act governing the Generations Fund to lock in the Fund's dedicated purpose and credited amounts until it reaches a capitalization of $100 billion, preventing the government from redirecting those funds unless otherwise permitted by the existing Act.

This Quebec bill requires anyone selling a passenger vehicle to provide the buyer with a verification notice from the SAAQ confirming the vehicle is free of encumbrances (such as loans or hypothecs), and requires used car dealers to display the results of a registry check on each vehicle's label. It also creates a compensation scheme for buyers harmed when the SAAQ's notice incorrectly omits existing registered rights.

This Quebec bill requires higher education institutions — including universities, CEGEPs, vocational centres, and several specialized schools — to create and implement a formal study-family-work balance policy within six months of the bill becoming law, aimed at supporting students who are parents or caregivers in completing their studies.

This Quebec bill aims to cut food waste in half by 2030 by requiring food processors, distributors, and retailers to actively try to donate or redirect their unsold food products to recognized organizations, with government oversight and penalties for non-compliance.

This Quebec bill amends the Education Act to make special school projects (including concentration programs) free for Quebec residents up to $5,000 per year, and restricts school service centres from placing multiple buildings at a special-project school's disposal unless those buildings are within 250 metres of each other.

This Quebec bill requires the Minister of Finance and the chair of the Conseil du trésor to analyze and publicly report on the gender equality and diversity impacts of provincial budgetary measures, fiscal policies, and government expenditures using an intersectional lens.

Bill 27 reforms how Quebec's collective agreement decrees are managed and updates rules for the construction industry, including health and safety representative requirements on job sites, new powers for the Commission de la construction du Québec, and exclusions for certain employers from construction industry legislation.

This Quebec bill modernizes judicial ethics oversight for provincial courts by strengthening the Conseil de la magistrature's complaint and inquiry process, clarifying the management roles of chief judges, and implementing salary and pension recommendations for judges and justices of the peace covering the 2023–2027 period.

This Quebec bill prohibits anyone from using a person's identity or image — including altered images, deepfakes, or sound recordings — without their consent to make representations to consumers, and gives the Office de la protection du consommateur and the Autorité des marchés financiers new enforcement powers including cease-and-desist orders and evidence-preservation orders.

This Quebec bill (Bill 23) updates and strengthens the legal framework for protecting people whose mental state may pose a risk to themselves or others, expanding who can conduct psychiatric examinations (adding specialized nurse practitioners), creating a system of advance psychiatric directives, establishing coordinated intervention processes, and transferring jurisdiction over involuntary psychiatric holds from the Court of Quebec to the Tribunal administratif du Québec.

This Quebec bill expands municipal powers across the province, allowing municipalities to acquire tax-delinquent properties, sell small land parcels to neighbours, lease or donate properties to non-profits and childcare centres, and set building energy efficiency standards, while also abolishing property and school tax exemptions for rectories and introducing a land transfer duty exemption for certain co-ownership transfers.

This private bill validates a 1965 land exchange between the former Corporation de la Cité de Sainte-Foy and a school board that was completed without the required authorization from the Minister of Education, ensuring Ville de Québec's title to the affected properties cannot be challenged on that procedural ground.

This bill amends the Charter of Ville de Gatineau to establish an independent Office de participation publique de Gatineau, tasked with conducting public consultations on planning by-laws, public participation policies, and other matters designated by city council.