Québec solidaire
Manon Massé
About Manon
61 years old
Hometown: Windsor
Manon Massé is from Windsor in the Estrie region. She holds a bachelor's degree in theology from the University of Montreal. She is a community organizer who advocates for women's and LGBTQ+ rights. She ran for Québec Solidaire five times before being elected in the Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques riding in 2014. Manon Massé and Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois have been spokespeople for Québec Solidaire since 2017.
Aboriginal Affairs
Ensure the right to self-determination for Indigenous peoples. Québec Solidaire would allow greater governmental and territorial autonomy for Indigenous peoples.[1]
Fight racism towards First Nations.[1]
CompareCannabis
Legalize and regulate cannabis and its derivatives.[1]
Use government profits from the cannabis market for prevention, health care, control and research purposes.[1]
CompareCulture and Identity
Provide greater access to knowledge, information, ideas and works of art.[1]
Promote the French language throughout the public spere, including in the work place, for example, by applying the Charte de la langue française to offices with fifty or fewer employees.[1]
CompareEducation
Ensure free access to education from preschool to university.[1]
Promote free extracurricular activities in all schools.[1]
CompareEconomy
Strengthen the public economy, such as public services and Crown corporations, and nationalize large corporations in certain strategic sectors.[1]
Compete with private banks through the creation of a state bank and greater regulations within the banking system.[1]
CompareEnvironment
Promote the establishment of an International Tribunal for Climate and Environmental Justice.[1]
Québec solidaire defends a project that respects and promotes the diversity of ecosystems and the protection of Quebec's natural heritage. It intends to put in place an ecological economic system favoring the production of goods and services with minimal impact on ecosystems. They will create a Environment Act that will include a precautionary principle.[1]
CompareGovernance and Tranparency
Change the voting system to a mixed system that introduces proportional representation, where 60% of MNAs would be elected through the current system (First Past the Post) and 40% through proportional voting.[1]
Establish a permanent inquiry commission to check on corruption in the awarding of public contracts, government mandates and political appointments.[1]
CompareImmigration
Promote the learning of the French language through access to work and education, openness to cultural differences and social equality.[1]
Facilitate the recognition of diplomas and professional skills of immigrants.[1]
CompareJustice
Promote the social reintegration of former detainees.[1]
Provide more prevention to avoid the criminalization of social problems, especially among disadvantaged groups.[1]
CompareHousing
Invest significantly in quality social housing.[1]
Put in place measures to prevent people from spending more than 25% of their income on rent, for example by controlling the price of rent and increasing the accessibility of social housing.
CompareHealthcare
Emphasize prevention when dealing with workers' health.
Expand home support, including providing better support to caregivers.
CompareSovereignty
Create, in case of victory, a Constituent Assembly. This universally elected assembly will have to prepare a constitution for an independent Quebec.
Propose a draft constitution by referendum.
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