Economy & Girard refuses to commit to erasing Quebec's haircut

In mid-April, the Standard & Poor rating agency had lowered AA's credit rating

Finance Minister Eric Girard refused to commit on Tuesday to bring Quebec's credit rating back to what she was before her fall in mid-April.

QUEBEC — The Minister of Finance, Eric Girard, refused to commit, on Tuesday, to bring Quebec's credit rating back to what it was before its fall in mid-April. The rating agency Standard and Poors (S&P) then lowered AA's credit rating to A+, which could increase Quebec's borrowing costs. In a parliamentary committee on Tuesday morning as part of the study of budgetary appropriations, Mr. Girard was heeled by Pequist leader Paul St-Pierre Plamond…