The debate was revived in the National Assembly on the number of immigrants Quebec should accept each year.
Liberal leader Dominique Anglade opened the ball on Tuesday morning by suggesting at a press briefing that at least 70,000 immigrants be admitted each year to, he said, fight the labor shortage.
According to his reflection, this target will not be different from the one set for 2022 by the Quebec government, which plans to accept between 49,500 and 52,500 immigrants this year, in addition to a “rebalancing” of 18,000 immigrants required by the COVID -19 pandemic.
This year alone, Quebec, as a whole, will welcome – that’s François Legault’s policy – 70,000 people.he taught, and this threshold should serve as a base in one conversation involving all regions of Quebeche added.
This is the Charter of Regions that we have presentedhe explained, referring to the approximately thirty-page document announced last month in Trois-Rivières. [C’est] to work with the regions, to ensure that they see not only the need for labor needs, but also the capacity to receive.
A suggestion irresponsibleaccording to François Legault
The Liberal proposal resulted in a lively exchange in the afternoon in the Blue Room, where the Liberal leader protested against ending non -acceptance from the CAQ government – which, after its 2018 election, lowered the threshold to 40,000 immigrants, before it gradually increases afterwards.
Prime Minister François Legault raised the issues ofintegration. The proliferation of immigrants without concern about protecting the French is irresponsiblehe argued.
In his view, Quebec should be in particular regain powers for the selection of immigrants that Ottawa does. His government insisted on renegotiating the 1991 agreement that ended with the federal government.
Asked about the same topic Tuesday morning at a press briefing, Québec solidaire co-spokesperson Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois do numerologyclaiming that his political formation was preparing [ses] proposals for the next election campaign.
That is, according to him, it is necessary discuss the immigration modelto the extent that Quebec has experienced in recent years a explosion of temporary immigration.
What the Quebec regions want is not disposable and temporary immigrants, it’s immigration inclusive, learning French [et] that children attend school in French, described the deputy for Gouin. gold, People under temporary immigration do not have these benefitshe argued.
Finally, the Parti Québécois, which said over the weekend it wanted a debate objective and quiet on immigration, called for the closure of Roxham Road on Tuesday.
The group argues that the federal government deliberately reopened this entry route last fall, knowing full well that Quebec does not have the capacity to combine the flow of these arrivals.
About 7,000 asylum seekers passed through Roxham Road from January 1 to March 31.
There is information from Romain Schué
Source: Radio-Canada
