Quebec Premier François Legault will shuffle his cabinet next week and delay the start of the legislative session by two weeks.
His office says the shuffle will give the government new momentum and make room for new ideas.
The Coalition Avenir Québec government is deeply unpopular after nearly seven years in power and mired in a scandal involving cost overruns at Quebec’s auto insurance board.
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Legault has made only one other major cabinet shuffle since 2018, during the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
Municipal Affairs Minister Andrée Laforest also announced today she is leaving provincial politics to run for mayor of Saguenay in November.
The fall session of Quebec’s national assembly will begin Sept. 30.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 4, 2025.
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Quebec premier to shuffle cabinet next week, delay start of legislative session
