Outaouais candidates pledge stronger regional funding ahead of Quebec vote

With Quebec’s provincial election set for Monday, candidates in the Outaouais are highlighting health care, infrastructure, and social services as top priorities for the region. The CBC report says the area’s parties and candidates are promising to close spending gaps with other parts of Quebec, improve working conditions for healthcare staff, and support major projects such as hospital and college expansions. The Outaouais, which borders Ontario, is often affected by crossborder job, service, and economic pressures. Coalition Avenir Québec says it has already increased funding in the region and plans to keep a premium for healthcare workers, build a new healthcare hub, and begin preliminary work on a new hospital. Liberals are promising pay parity for healthcare workers with Ontario and more support for regional economic ties. The Parti Québécois and Québec Solidaire say they want more local decisionmaking, better infrastructure, and stronger public services to help keep workers and students in the region.