Francois Lambert Quebec Solidaire rejects 25 million tax threshold
Québec solidaire rejected a proposal to lower its wealth-tax threshold after a pre-election congress in Montreal on May 10, 2026. The francois lambert quebec solidaire debate ended with 130 delegates backing the 25 million dollar option and 108 supporting the 5 million dollar threshold.
The vote came during two days of debate among about 300 delegates over the party’s October election platform. The decision keeps the tax focused on 4,000 Quebec households with assets above 25 million dollars rather than extending it to essentially the 1 % richest Quebecers.
Ruba Ghazal Montreal vote
Ruba Ghazal said Sunday that the party had adopted positions that were “ambitieuses”, but “crédibles”. After the wealth-tax vote, she said the party was “aller chercher l’argent de poche des multimillionnaires”.
She also argued that taking money from multimillionaires would help finance measures that improve Quebecers’ daily lives. The debate showed the party choosing a narrower tax base after some delegates pushed for the lower 5 million dollar threshold.
Québec solidaire platform changes
The fiscal vote was not the only change delegates made. Québec solidaire refused to include a promise to build 100,000 social and community housing units in a first mandate and settled on 50,000 units instead.
Delegates also adopted a 2030 greenhouse-gas reduction target of 37.5 % and ideally 45 % compared with 1990 levels. That target is less ambitious than the 55 % reduction goal the party held in the 2022 election.
André David debate
During the congress debates, Québec solidaire militant André David said, “C’est sûr qu’on va rencontrer un vent de face” and “Mais ça ne devrait pas nous empêcher de nous tenir debout.” His remarks captured the resistance the wealth-tax debate drew inside the party.
A motion to nationalize or socialize residential real estate held by foreign capital was sent to a party body for study, leaving that proposal outside the October platform for now. For members and delegates, the congress left the platform narrower on tax, housing, and climate than some activists had pushed for.
