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 defence spending, its very first Defence Industrial Strategy, the creation of the Defence Investment Agency, closer ties with Europe, and a redefinition of its relationship with the United States. This turning point comes just as a new government, elected on October 5, 2026, takes office in Quebec.
This full-day conference brings together experts and practitioners to address three interconnected questions: What role can Quebec 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?
8:30 — Welcoming & registration
Registration and coffee
9:00 — Opening remarks
Justin Massie, Professor, Department of Political Science, UQAM; Director, Strategic AnalysisNetwork
9:15 — Panel 1 — Quebec 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 at UQAM and Sciences Po Grenoble
Walid Ferguen, emerging scholar, Master’s student, Political Science at UQAM
Moderator : TBA
10:45 — Break
11:00 — Panel 2 : The Social Acceptability of Canadian Rearmament
Anessa Kimbal, Professor, Department of Political Studies, Laval University
Stéphane Roussel, Professor, École nationale d’Administration publique
Moderator : Justin Massie, Professor, Department of Political Science, UQAM
12:30 — Lunch
13:30 — Panel 3 : Quebec’s New Government and International Relations for Quebec and Canada
Stéphane Paquin, Professor, École nationale d’Administration publique
Jean-François Payette, Scientific Director, OPSA, École nationale d’Administration publique
Daniel Beland, Professor, McGill University
David Morin, Associate Professor, École de politique appliquée, University of Sherbrooke
Moderator : TBA
15:00 — Break
15:15 — Informal Talk: Quebec in the World, Perspectives from Two Former Ministers of International Relations
16:15 — Closing remarks
16:30 — Networking Cocktail
Photo credit : Christian Chomiak, Unsplash
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