This event will be held in French and recorded for later viewing
Canada has embarked on its most significant rearmament since the end of the Cold War: a rapid increase in defense spending, its very first Defense Industrial Strategy, the creation of the Defense Investment Agency, closer ties with Europe, and a redefined relationship with the United States. This turning point comes just as a new government, resulting from the October 5, 2026 elections, takes office in Quebec.
Co-organized by the Strategic Analysis Network and the Institut d’études internationales de Montréal – IEIM, this day-long event brings together experts and practitioners to address three interconnected questions: what role can Quebec’s industry play in this rearmament, under what conditions will Quebec society support it, and how will the new Quebec government transform Quebec’s relations with Canada, the United States, and Europe?
Program
8:30 — Registration & Welcome
Registration and coffee
9:00 — Opening Remarks
Justin Massie, Professor, Department of Political Science, UQAM; Director of the Strategic Analysis Network
9:15 — Panel 1 — Quebec’s Industry Facing Canadian Rearmament
Presentation of the study:
Justin Massie, Professor, Department of Political Science, UQAM
Maya Bouton, Emerging Scholar, Master’s student in Political Science, UQAM and Sciences Po Grenoble
Walid Ferguen, Emerging Scholar, Master’s student in Political Science, UQAM
10:45 — Break
11:00 — Panel 2 : Social Acceptability of Canadian Rearmament
Anessa Kimball, Professor, Université Laval
Jean-Christophe Boucher, Associate Professor, University of Calgary
Stéphane Roussel, Professor, École nationale d’administration publique (ÉNAP)
Moderator: Justin Massie, Professor, Department of Political Science, UQAM
12:30 — Lunch
14:00 — Panel 3 : The New Quebec Government and Quebec/Canada International Relations
Daniel Beland, Professor, McGill University
David Morin, Associate Professor, School of Applied Politics, Université de Sherbrooke
Jean-François Payette, Scientific Director, OPSA, École nationale d’administration publique (ÉNAP)
Stéphane Paquin, Professor, École nationale d’administration publique (ÉNAP)
Moderator: Anessa Kimball, Professor, Université Laval
15:30 — Break
15:45 — Informal conversation: Quebec in the World: Perspectives from Two Former Ministers
Line Beauchamp, Strategic Consultant, former Delegate General of Quebec in Paris, former Minister and Deputy Premier of Quebec
Jean-François Lisée, Author and Columnist, former Minister of International Relations, La Francophonie, and External Trade
Moderator: François Audet, Director, Institut d’études internationales de Montréal (IEIM)
16:45 — Closing Remarks
Crédit photo : Christian Chomiak, Unsplash
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