Quebec election: Legault restates pledge on universal school-tax rate

TERREBONNE — Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault reiterated his pledge Sunday to offer a single, province-wide school tax rate.
Legault had already announced the plan in January.
The single rate would be 10.54 cents per $100 evaluation and apply across all school boards in Quebec’s 17 administrative regions.
The plan would cost a new CAQ government $700 million over four years. Currently, taxpayers often pay different rates, even in the same municipalit