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The largest development capital network in the province, the Fonds de solidarité FTQ was created on the initiative of the FTQ, Québec's largest central labour body. As of November 30, 2022, the Fonds held $17.8 billion in net assets and had more than 753,000 owner-shareholders. [1]
In September 1, 2020 the Régie du logement du Québec was renamed to the Tribunal administratif du logement du Québec (TAL). The Board is responsible for dealing with disputes between landlords and tenants and has exclusive jurisdiction to hear cases relating to leases residential worth less than $70,000 .
Quebec had agents-general in London, Paris, and Brussels prior to 1936, when legislation was passed by the government of Maurice Duplessis closing all Quebec government offices abroad. The government of Adélard Godbout repealed the legislation and opened an office in New York City in 1940. When Duplessis returned to power in 1944, his ...
The Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec (FTQ; Quebec Federation of Labour) is the largest labour federation in Quebec in terms of its membership. It has over 500,000 members, who account for 44% of the unionised workers in Quebec. This ratio is 60% in the private sector, in which most members work.
In 1999, the National Housing Act and the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation Act were modified, allowing for the introduction of a 5% down payment—a change launched as a pilot in 1992, extended and finalized in 1999—removing a significant barrier for first-time home buyers. CMHC also expanded its activities internationally and launched ...
The ministry is overseen by a member of the cabinet of Quebec. The current minister of Housing is France-Élaine Duranceau. [2] The minister of Municipal Affairs is Andrée Laforest. [3] The ministry is commissioned to work with the Société d'habitation du Québec on issues related to housing. [4]
The Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments) is a Canadian Crown corporation established by the Parliament of Canada in September 1999 through the Public Sector Pension Investment Board Act. PSP Investments is one of Canada's largest pension investment managers, with CAD $264.9 billion of net assets under management in fiscal ...
Quebec's housing crisis (French: crise du logement, pénurie du logement, or crise du marché immobilier) is a speculative bubble that has severely affected the prices, quality and availability of real estate for people in Quebec and Canada since the 1980s. The average price of a home has risen from $48,715 in 1980 to $424,844 in 2021.