Prime Minister Justin Trudeau reiterated on Tuesday that he did not intend to transfer all immigration power to Quebec, as demanded by the province’s premier, François Legault, who intends to make it a fighting horse during the campaign.
Of course, a country must continue to have a word on its immigration.said Mr. Trudeau on Tuesday as he entered the Cabinet meeting.
Jurisdiction is shared between two government mandates because the protection of French and Francophone immigration is very important to usadded Mr. Trudeau.
Over the weekend, his counterpart François Legault made the repatriation to the family reunion sector a matter of safety for the nation of Quebec.
He goes beyond showing the specter of suffering in the fate of Louisiana with the gradual loss of the French language in Quebec, if the status quo is maintained.
Four months before the provincial election, Mr. Legault said he intended to seek a strong command of the population at the time of the ballot to give themselves a real balance of power including Ottawa.
Quebec welcomes 50,000 immigrants a year
On Tuesday morning, Trudeau Quebec lieutenant and heritage minister Pablo Rodriguez said, Quebec already has the tools to select the vast majority of its immigrants.
The province welcomes approximately 50,000 immigrants a year.
Nearly 10,000 immigrants come annually from family reunification, Mr. Rodriguez noted, and added that nothing is stopping Quebec from increasing the number of economic immigrants it accepts.
The Minister of National Revenue, Diane Lebouthillier, did not go overboard. He did not don’t believe it the statements of Prime Minister Legault.
” It’s important to respect areas of jurisdiction and we can’t do it lightly when it suits us. “
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry, François-Philippe Champagne, for his part has retained The power of immigration is very clear.
According to him, issue number one there is currently a labor shortage and immigration represents a key to solving this problem.
Source: Radio-Canada
