Culture, arts and the audiovisual industry

Continue the Quebec Audiovisual Strategy 2026-2031 ($609.6 million, announced in June 2026). September 27, 2026 announcement: create a $200 million fund for independent audiovisual production diversity, expand the CPCQ tax credit base to reality TV productions, increase by 10% the refundable tax credit aimed at attracting foreign shoots, and boost by $100 million the interim financing envelope of the tax credit for Quebec film and television production (raising it to $200 million).

The PCQ declined the invitation to the September 10, 2026 culture debate. The party stated that tax credits for the cultural and media sectors would not be part of the cuts planned under its general reduction of state subsidies. No complete cultural platform had been published at the time of this audit.

At the September 10, 2026 culture debate, candidate Benoit Clermont pledged that a Liberal government would make no cuts to culture (keeping funding at roughly 2% of the provincial budget) and would support the discoverability of French-language content to reach young people on social media. No complete cultural platform or costed figures had been announced at the time of this audit.

September 6, 2026 announcement (Montmagny): "2 for 1" ticket offer for people 25 and under at cultural institutions (pilot project), $8 million per year for school library book purchases, restoring free admission to national museums on the first Sunday of each month, restoring and protecting funding for school cultural outings, raising the budget of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec to $200 million over five years, and doubling support for the Fondation des artistes.

At the September 10, 2026 culture debate, Québec solidaire (Sol Zanetti) proposed doubling the budgets of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ) and the Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC), creating an annual $75 "Passe-Culture" for ages 12 to 18, adding $40 million for school cultural outings, and investing $130 million in a Capitale-Nationale pilot social safety net project for the cultural sector.