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Taxation

Health and Education: Spending Has Continued to Grow

In November 2017, Quebec announced a $1.1-billion personal income tax reduction. Some argued then that the reason the government could afford to reduce the tax burden was that it had reduced spending on health and education, and that these sectors had been starved by years of successive cuts. However, both health care spending and education spending have increased considerably in recent years.

Report – Quebecers and tax reductions

Léger was commissioned by the Montreal Economic Institute (MEI) to conduct a study among Quebecers to obtain their opinion on tax reductions announced by the Quebec Minister of Finance during his recent financial update.

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