Today’s Solutions: May 16, 2026

The provincial government will make an official announcement on Friday, detailing how it plans to spend $420 million over the next five years on its new vehicle-electrification plan. The plan comes two years after the former Parti Québécois government made a similar, but more generous, commitment. The PQ had promised $516 million to bolster the electric-vehicle movement over three years. The Liberal government’s program is called “Propulser le …

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