QUÉBEC – While the impacts of immigration reforms have been a hot political issue in Quebec in recent years, voters are still waiting for the political parties to unveil how they plan to address the issue in their election campaign platforms.
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QUÉBEC – While the impacts of immigration reforms have been a hot political issue in Quebec in recent years, voters are still waiting for the political parties to unveil how they plan to address the issue in their election campaign platforms.
QUÉBEC – While the impacts of immigration reforms have been a hot political issue in Quebec in recent years, voters are still waiting for the political parties to unveil how they plan to address the issue in their election campaign platforms.
Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette is expected to trigger a general election campaign later this week, but none of the five major parties have shared how they plan to address the immigration issue and its impacts on social services, housing and the economy.
Experts say political candidates will have to balance pleasing business leaders and others who want increased immigration as well as those who disagree as the parties campaign in the weeks leading up to the expected election on Oct. 5.
Fréchette’s governing Coalition Avenir Québec party already has a track record on the issue after its two terms and eight years in government.
Her predecessor, former premier François Legault, had consistently argued that there were too many temporary immigrants in Quebec and pressured Ottawa to reduce their numbers.
Frantz André, who heads of a Montreal-based migrant advocacy group, noted how Legault campaigned on growing anti-immigrant sentiment following the 2016 election of American President Donald Trump, before winning a majority government in the 2018 Quebec election.
“François Legault, based on this perception of an ‘invasion,’ decided to make immigration his flagship issue. He was elected largely thanks to this strategy,” said André. “That has been the narrative since at least 2018, and even more so since their last election in 2022.”
