Ftq schedules seminars and memorials while themes on gender and policy collide
Confirmed: the ftq is organizing multiple public events in spring that span economic policy, gender rights, and a memorial for a longtime staffer. Documented in the organization’s notices are an April seminar on public finances and a conference on how a return to traditional models threatens women; the materials do not confirm whether the seminar will explicitly address the gendered risks highlighted at the conference.
Ftq seminar on April 29–30, 2026: public finances and worker impacts
Confirmed: the FTQ will hold its annual “Séminaire sur les politiques économiques et sur les finances publiques” on April 29 and 30, 2026, at the Holiday Inn & Suites Montréal centre-ville ouest on boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest in Montréal. Documented: the seminar will examine the state of public finances following provincial and federal budgets and will address economic policies affecting the industries where members work. Documented: participants will be asked to measure impacts on workers, households, public services and the labour market, and to develop action to increase union participation in Québec’s economic orientations. Confirmed: reimbursement rules from the Centre de formation économique of the Fonds de solidarité FTQ apply, and registration requires selecting the seminar title in the event form. Confirmed contact details are listed for Manon Fournier by phone at 514 383-8039 and by email at education@.
Conference with Maude Michaud links traditional model to risks for women
Confirmed: the FTQ regional council Bas-Saint-Laurent – Gaspésie – Îles-de-la-Madeleine is presenting a conference featuring author and speaker Maude Michaud for International Women’s Rights Day. Documented: the conference frames a return to the traditional model as growing in public life through narratives of “natural” gender roles, masculinist podcasts, and the popularity of an “alpha male” image. Documented: the conference text lists concrete consequences for women tied to that return—economic dependence, exclusive valorization of motherhood, increased domestic pressure, and the weakening of gains such as financial autonomy and equal rights. Confirmed contact information includes crftq-bslgi@ and phone 418 722-8232 ext. 0.
What the FTQ record shows about linking economic policy to gender impacts
Documented: the FTQ’s published notices show an organizational pattern of hosting events that range from technical budget seminars to rights-focused conferences and internal memorials. Confirmed: the organisation posted a memorial for Gilles Léveillé, who died on March 1 at age 86, noting his nearly twenty years of work at FTQ in communications and later as a regional adviser for Estrie; a ceremony is scheduled for Sunday, April 12 at 2: 00 pm ET, with the family receiving condolences beginning at 11: 00 am ET. Open question: the seminar description commits participants to assessing impacts on households and workers but does not confirm any explicit session or agenda item that addresses gendered impacts or the specific dangers of a return to traditional roles that Maude Michaud will discuss. Documented: both the seminar and the conference appear in FTQ event listings, yet the published seminar materials in the record do not reference the conference themes or any cross-event programming.
Open question: what remains unclear is whether the seminar’s planned discussions of budgets and labour-market effects will include analysis of the gendered consequences described in the conference materials. If the seminar agenda or participant materials are released showing a session on gendered economic impacts or a formal linkage to the conference on traditional models, it would establish that the FTQ is integrating the women’s-rights concerns into its economic-policy work.
