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Budget in brief

Message from the Minister


GIVING QUÉBEC THE MEANS TO FULFIL ITS AMBITIONS

The 2007-2008 Budget shows that we have many achievements to our credit. With the measures announced in this budget, we are building on the results we have already obtained and we are doing more.

We have also stayed the course with regard to the priorities we announced at the outset of our mandate. For each of them, we have taken the means to obtain lasting results, refocusing the government on its essential missions and considerably improving the services provided to Quebecers.

   
With the 2007-2008 Budget, the government is:
• maintaining a balanced budget;
• insisting on the need for a lasting solution to the fiscal imbalance;
• taking action to increase the prosperity of Montréal and Québec City and of all the regions;
• continuing to implement measures to enhance the quality of life of Quebecers.


Michel Audet,
Minister of Finance

 

DISCIPLINED MANAGEMENT OF PUBLIC FINANCES

  • Another balanced budget in 2006-2007 and 2007-2008

  • Tight control of spending

  • Creation of the Generations Fund to reduce the government debt

  • Modernization of the governance of government corporations

  • Transparency: monthly financial report

  • Upgrading of Québec’s credit rating

  “Sound management of government finances is an essential contribution to Québec’s prosperity.”