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16 June 2026

Canada | Quebec reopens PEQ and maintains targeted measures to support affected workers

Quebec has announced a temporary reopening of both streams of the Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ) from 2 July 2026 to 2 July 2028, with a first intake window running from 2 July 2026 to 31 October 2026. The reopening is limited to individuals who already met the program’s education or work experience requirements on 19 November 2025. This measure is relevant for employers with Quebec based foreign workers or graduates impacted by the program’s closure in late 2025. It complements Quebec’s ongoing prioritization of certain permanent selection applications under the Programme de sélection des travailleurs qualifiés (PSTQ), in effect since 13 May 2026, as well as a federal temporary public policy enabling certain PSTQ applicants to obtain short term work authorization for themselves and their spouses or common law partners.

A Tax Alert prepared by EY Law LLP group, and attached below, provides additional details.

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