PSPP to name 22-member cabinet Wednesday, with Gentilcore at Immigration and Marceau at Finance
Le Devoir reported that Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, the leader of the Parti Québécois, is due to unveil his cabinet on Wednesday and to become officially head of the Québec government. Radio-Canada reported that the cabinet will have 22 members. Radio-Canada named Catherine Gentilcore as minister of Immigration. La Presse wrote that Marceau will take Finance and that the cabinet is the second-smallest in recent decades. Radio-Canada reported that Marie-Karlynn Laflamme and Joël Arseneau receive the Health and Education portfolios. Le Devoir quoted the premier-designate as saying that Canada as it is does not work and that Albertans find the federation a straitjacket. La Presse reported that the Cour du Québec ordered a judicial recount in Champlain.
A cabinet of 22 is a smaller team with fewer ministers sharing the portfolios, which concentrates responsibility for the files Quebecers watch most, such as health and education. Picks for Immigration and Finance indicate where the new government plans to act first.
Quebec residents will learn on Wednesday who runs the Health, Education, Immigration and Finance files. Others will see how the new government frames relations with Ottawa.
Radio-Canada describes the choices as putting experience in key posts, a view that favours continuity and a steady start for a new government.
The premier-designate's remark that Canada as it is does not work, reported by Le Devoir, signals a more confrontational stance toward the federation, drawing on the Alberta result.
Confirmed: the cabinet has 22 members, with Gentilcore at Immigration and Laflamme and Arseneau on Health and Education. Not confirmed: the full list and the outcome of the Champlain recount. Watch the swearing-in and whether the premier repeats his remarks on the federation.
DailyDrop Canada edition No. 17 · Morning · WED., OCT. 21, 2026