Since 2003

• Rise of $4.4 billion in the health budget
  

With the 2007-2008 Budget

• 6% increase in the health budget to $1.3 billion

• 2/3 of the growth in spending is going to health and social services

• Confirmation of the creation of a fund for the promotion of health and healthy lifestyles in partnership with the Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon: $400 million over 10 years

Since 2003

• $1.7 billion reinvested in education
  
  
• An additional $320 million for post-secondary education
  

With the 2007-2008 Budget

• 4.4% increase in the education budget to $567 million

Since 2003

• The government has given $3.8 billion back to Quebecers through income tax reductions.
  
  
• All Quebecers who pay income tax—3.4 million people—have benefited directly from these tax cuts.
  
  
• Québec taxpayers are no longer the most heavily taxed people in North America.
  

With the 2007-2008 Budget

• As of January 1, 2008: tax reduction of $250 million for 2.4 million Quebecers
  
  
• The series of measures announced in the 2007-2008 Budget, together with retirement income splitting, will put an additional $464 million back into Québec taxpayers' pockets. This does not take into account the indexation for 2008, evaluated at $355 million.
  
  
• In 2008, Québec will have the sixth-lowest tax burden of the Canadian provinces.

Since 2003

• Enhancement of the competitiveness of the corporate tax system
  
  
• Lowering of corporate taxes by $825 million
  
  
• Reduction in the tax rate for SMEs to 8%
  
  
• Introduction of a capital tax credit for manufacturing businesses that invest to upgrade their facilities
  
  
• Elimination of the tax on capital for 75% of businesses
  
  

With the 2007-2008 Budget

• Raising of the capital tax credit from 5% to 10% for investments in manufacturing and processing equipment. This credit is also extended until 2012.
  
  
• Almost all of Québec’s 20 000 manufacturing firms that invest in manufacturing and processing equipment will no longer pay the tax on capital.

Since 2003

• Investment of $16.1 billion in infrastructure development and maintenance
  
  
• Increase in assets maintenance budgets for health and education infrastructures from $645 million to $1.2 billion
  
  

With the 2007-2008 Budget

• $7.9 billion over four years for highway infrastructure: roads, bridges and viaducts
  
  
• $2.3 billion over four years for public transit, drinking water supply, wastewater treatment and local road networks