Quebec Premier Fréchette completes 100 days in office
Posted July 24, 2026 11:50 am.
Last Updated July 24, 2026 5:52 pm.
Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette marked 100 days in office Friday by touting her government’s early accomplishments and promising to keep delivering on the priorities she campaigned on ahead of this fall’s provincial election.
In a video posted to social media, Fréchette pointed to measures aimed at easing the cost of living, improving access to housing and daycare, and strengthening health care and the French language.
“For the past 100 days, we’ve been carrying out our plan to advance your priorities,” Fréchette said in the video. “We’re modernizing our hospitals in Quebec’s regions.”
The premier highlighted several promises her government has already begun implementing, including refunding the welcome tax for first-time homebuyers, launching a program to build homes priced under $350,000, converting 5,000 unsubsidized daycare spaces into subsidized ones, lowering taxes for 75,000 small businesses and refunding the carbon tax for 15,000 farmers.
She also pointed to legislation aimed at protecting the French language, a new strategy to promote Quebec culture among children and a $200 payment for lower-income Quebecers to help offset inflation.
“All of this in 100 days because I have a single goal in mind: to advance your priorities to build Quebec’s future,” Fréchette said.
Daniel Tran, director of communications and governmental relations at Casacom and a political analyst, said Fréchette has exceeded expectations during her first three months in office.
“The beginning of her mandate has been quite phenomenal,” Tran said. “There was very little expectation as soon as she got into power.”
He said Fréchette moved quickly to unite the party following the leadership race before rolling out measures aimed at addressing issues affecting Quebecers’ daily lives, including housing affordability and grocery costs.
Tran said the premier has also succeeded in improving the Coalition Avenir Québec’s (CAQ) standing in public opinion polls.
“She went from having projected seats in the National Assembly to today almost 20 seats, which is quite remarkable,” he said, noting recent polls place the CAQ at roughly 20 to 21 per cent support after trailing badly earlier this year.
Still, Tran said Fréchette’s biggest challenge is time.
“She doesn’t have a lot of time to get people to know her,” he said. “The biggest challenge that she will have is that once she will have to react, especially with the situation with the United States, can she make enough time in her busy schedule to not only campaign on the field, but as well defend the interests of Quebecers?”
Fréchette became premier in April after succeeding François Legault as leader of the Coalition Avenir Québec.
She is only the second woman to serve as Quebec premier after Pauline Marois and the first person other than Legault to lead the CAQ since he founded the party in 2011.
Quebecers head to the polls on Oct. 5.
