Transports Québec Explained

Agency Name:	Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité Durable du Québec
Formed:	1969
Preceding1:	Ministry of Highways
Preceding2:	Ministry of Transports and Communications
Jurisdiction:	Quebec
Headquarters:	Montreal, Quebec
Budget:	751,7 M$
Chief1 Name:	Geneviève Guilbault
Chief1 Position:	Minister
Parent Agency:	Province of Quebec
Website:	https://www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/

Le Ministère des Transports et de la Mobilité Durable du Québec (English: Ministry of Transportation and Sustainable Mobility of Quebec), known by its short form name Transports Québec or alternatively by the acronym MTQ, is a Quebec government ministry responsible for transport, infrastructure and law in Quebec, Canada.

Since 2022, the Minister for Transport is Geneviève Guilbault.

Role and responsibilities

The ministry is responsible for:

• Registration of all vehicles
• Driver licensing
• Driver examination centres
• Provincial highways in the province
• Maintenance of roads and bridges

Service Aérien Gouvernemental

Service Aérien Gouvernemental or Government Air Service is the forest firefighting service that was formerly with the Ministry of Government Services. SAG aviation fleet consists of 8 Bombardier CL-415, 2 CL-215T an 4 CL-215P.^[1]

Ministers for Transports Québec

• Yvon Marcoux April 29, 2003 – February 18, 2005, QLP
• Michel Després February 18, 2005 – December 18, 2008, QLP
• Julie Boulet December 18, 2008 – August 11, 2010, QLP
• Sam Hamad August 11, 2010 – September 7, 2011, QLP^[2]
• Pierre Moreau September 7, 2011 – September 4, 2012, QLP
• Sylvain Gaudreault September 4, 2012 – April 23, 2014, PQ^[3]
• Robert Poëti April 23, 2014 – January 28, 2016, QLP
• Jacques Daoust January 28, 2016 – August 19, 2016, QLP
• Laurent Lessard August 19, 2016 – October 11, 2017, QLP
• André Fortin October 11, 2017 - October 18, 2018, QLP
• Francois Bonnardel October 18, 2018- 2022, CAQ
• Geneviève Guilbault 2022, CAQ

See also

• Government of Quebec
• Transport Canada
• Politics of Quebec
• Transport in Canada

External links

• Transports Québec
• Transport Quebec

Notes and References

1. https://www.transports.gouv.qc.ca/fr/services/SAG/Pages/service-aerien-gouvernemental.aspx (French)
2. Web site: Sam Hamad, Member for Louis-Hébert, Quebec Liberal Party, Minister of Transport. National Assembly of Quebec. December 26, 2010.
3. Web site: Sylvain Gaudreault, Member for Jonquière, Parti québécois, Minister of Transport, Minister of Municipal Affairs, Regions and Land Occupancy . National Assembly of Quebec . December 8, 2013.