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Quebec Premier Christine Frechette to announce new cabinet today

  • The Canadian Press

  • Canadian Press

  • April 21, 2026

Quebec Premier Christine Frechette is flanked by, from left to right, Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard, Quebec Minister of International Relations and la Francophonie Christopher Skeete and Valerie Schmaltz, member of the legislature for Vimont, as she makes an announcement in Laval, Que., on Friday, April 17, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi

QUEBEC -- Quebec's new Premier Christine Frechette is set to announce her cabinet today.

Frechette has had just over a week to put her team together after winning the Coalition Avenir Quebec leadership race April 12.

In a recent appearance on Radio-Canada's "Tout le monde en parle" television show, she teased her cabinet would be a mix of old and new.

She confirmed her only opponent in the leadership race, Bernard Drainville, will have an important role.

In her campaign to succeed CAQ founder Francois Legault, Frechette promised to bring change to the party and focus on the economy.

The legislature is scheduled to resume May 5.

This report by was first published April 21, 2026.