Quebec will help France in “many areas,” resembling “analysis,” “AI” and even “technique,” in accordance with French President Emmanuel Macron.
These have been the few phrases he addressed to the press when he welcomed the premier of Quebec, Christine Fréchette, to the Élysée Palace on Monday.
“Quebec is at all times welcome,” he added.
A couple of minutes earlier, Fréchette met with French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu at Matignon.
This assembly additionally supplied a chance for Investissement Québec to resume a reciprocal settlement with Enterprise France. This settlement goals to assist Quebec firms in France and French firms in Quebec.
Earlier on Monday, Fréchette championed Quebec as a “trusted associate” for France and Europe within the critical and strategic minerals sector, whereas collaborating in a roundtable dialogue with representatives of the French authorities and financial stakeholders. The occasion was held on the Quebec delegation in Paris.
The premier touted Quebec’s “nice belongings” by way of important minerals.
Get breaking Nationwide information
Get breaking Canada information delivered to your inbox because it occurs so you will not miss a trending story.
“First, we’ve got the assets in Quebec soil. So, an important ingredient: we’ve got the most important share of important and strategic minerals in Canada. A very good portion of them. We’ve got 28 in whole,” she emphasised.
The premier acknowledged that she wished to develop this sector in a “sustainable” and “accountable” approach, highlighting Quebec’s clear power.
With Europe planning to take a position 800 billion euros to rearm, the federal government hopes that Quebec will come out on high and acquire its share of defence contracts.
In accordance with Fréchette, strategic minerals have “strategic significance” in an “period marked by geopolitical upheaval.”
“We’re in a interval the place spending associated to defence and demanding and strategic minerals will enhance. That is the case right here in Europe, however additionally it is the case in Canada, with a want to lift the contribution to the NATO finances as much as 5 per cent. So, this may end in colossal spending associated to defence,” the premier defined.
The minister of worldwide relations and la Francophonie, Christopher Skeete, and the delegate basic of Quebec in Paris, Henri-Paul Rousseau, have been additionally current at this roundtable.
That is Fréchette’s second mission overseas. She visited Washington a couple of weeks in the past.
The premier is in Paris till Could 20.
© 2026 The Canadian Press