Bill 61: Preparing For Quebec's Post-Pandemic Economy

Very early on, the Government of Quebec (Government) announced that infrastructure was to play a key role in restarting Quebec's economy, which was severely impacted by the COVID‑19 pandemic. It also emphasized the need to secure a certain level of medical self-sufficiency and food autonomy to deal with the long-term repercussions of the pandemic and other similar events in the future.

In light of this, on June 3, 2020, Bill 61, An Act to restart Québec's economy and to mitigate the consequences of the public health emergency declared on 13 March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic (Bill 61) was tabled by the Minister Responsible for Government Administration and Chairman of the Conseil du trésor, Christian Dubé. The Government hopes that Bill 61 will be adopted shortly.