Quebec bills

This Quebec bill creates a 'common school network' combining public schools and willing private schools, banning student selection processes and ending public subsidies for private schools that choose not to join the network.

This Quebec bill extends eligibility for the provincial health insurance plan (RAMQ) and basic prescription drug insurance to all pregnant women and persons living in Quebec, regardless of their immigration or migratory status, eliminating the usual waiting period and residency requirements during and shortly after pregnancy.

This Quebec bill tightens rent increase rules by requiring landlords to get the Administrative Housing Tribunal to set the rent whenever a proposed increase exceeds a set percentage threshold, and by reducing the exemption period for newly built or converted rental buildings from five years to three years.

This Quebec bill requires the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) to send payment reminder notices to vehicle owners and driver's licence holders 30 days before their registration or licence renewal fees are due, and protects them from conviction if no notice was sent.

This bill requires the Société de l'assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ) to formally enter into data-sharing or cooperation agreements with Quebec government departments and bodies responsible for enforcing tax, immigration, labour standards, occupational health and safety, and transport laws.

This Quebec bill establishes a standardized, politically independent process for selecting, appointing, and reappointing members of 15 administrative tribunals and regulatory bodies in Quebec, creating a new Secretary for the Selection of Independent Administrative Decision-makers and a remuneration committee to oversee compensation for these decision-makers.

This Quebec bill amends labour standards to give employees the right to work from home for up to 40% of their hours (where the job allows it), sets rules for employer-required telework, mandates expense reimbursement, bans remote monitoring software for control purposes, and requires employers to create a formal telework policy.

This Quebec bill requires the Minister Responsible for Housing to establish a parity committee at least every five years to make recommendations on the criteria and percentages used for setting or adjusting residential rents, with equal representation from landlords and tenants.

This Quebec bill amends the Labour Code to strengthen union democracy and financial transparency by requiring secret ballot votes for union certification and recertification, eliminating mandatory union membership as a hiring condition (closed shop clauses), and requiring unions to publish audited financial statements publicly.

This Quebec bill establishes a Free Access to Contraception Program covering a wide range of contraceptive methods at no cost to eligible individuals, and expands who can prescribe and dispense contraception — including midwives and pharmacists — while also mandating condom distribution in schools and integrating sexual health education into curricula.

This Quebec bill establishes a regulatory framework for monitoring and controlling PFAS ('forever chemicals') in drinking water, wastewater sludge, and landfill leachates, requiring a government-led assessment followed by enforceable concentration limits and periodic testing standards.

This Quebec bill restricts subsidized educational childcare providers (CPEs and daycares) from hiring through for-profit staffing agencies or using independent contractors, generally limiting them to non-profit or cooperative placement agencies, while imposing new obligations on those permitted agencies.

This Quebec bill shifts organ and tissue donation from an opt-in to an opt-out system, meaning all adults are automatically presumed to have consented to donating their organs and tissues after death unless they have explicitly refused. It updates related registries and administrative processes to reflect this presumption of consent.

This Quebec bill amends the Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms to make the right to a healthful environment with preserved biodiversity a fundamental right, removing the previous limitation that this right only applied to the extent provided by existing laws.

This Quebec bill requires all public schools and private educational institutions to install CO2 sensors and air exchangers or purifiers in every classroom, sets a maximum CO2 concentration limit of 1,000 ppm (800 ppm during a WHO-declared pandemic), and establishes reporting and public disclosure obligations for air quality data and equipment inspections.

This Quebec bill creates a formal framework for evaluating and potentially publicly funding complementary and integrative health approaches (such as acupuncture, chiropractic, physiotherapy, and similar practices) by establishing a new committee within INESSS, allowing these services to become insured under the Quebec Health Insurance Act, expanding research funding, and requiring financial support for university training programs in this field.

This Quebec bill requires employers in government-designated industries with 50 or more employees to establish joint parity committees focused on guiding their workplace toward an environmentally sustainable economy, with workers holding at least half the seats and the committee making recommendations on green jobs, carbon footprint reduction, employee retraining, and community engagement.

This Quebec bill amends the Act respecting natural gas storage and natural gas and oil pipelines to allow the government to authorize time-limited pilot projects (up to 5 years, extendable by 2 years) for the exploration or exploitation of underground reservoirs and certain fluids, enabling testing of new technologies, geoscientific research, and work in innovative sectors while maintaining health, safety, and environmental protections.

This Quebec bill creates a new class of quasi-judicial officers called 'special clerks' who support the Superior Court and Court of Québec in their adjudicative functions, establishing the rules for their appointment, qualifications, pay, ethics, and oversight.

This Quebec bill formally establishes a new category of subsidized home-based childcare — the 'responsable d'un service de garde éducatif en communauté' (RSGE en communauté) — by integrating it into the Act respecting educational childcare services. It also enacts a new law implementing the 2007 Hague Convention on the international recovery of child support and other forms of family maintenance.