COVID-19 pandemic.“The next budget will allow us to continue the work started in recent months to manage the health crisis, provide support to citizens and businesses and revive the economy,” Girard said in a statement.[ Sign up for our Health IQ newsletter for the latest coronavirus updates ]“We will also give Quebecers the facts on the state of public finances and our economy in the context of the pandemic.”The province’s last economic update was in November as the government faces a historic $15-billion deficit because of the public health crisis.At the time, the Legault government vowed to pump billions into health care and the economy over the next three years, but some critics argued that’s not enough.— with files from Global News’.